The patent, pathetic, perverse nonsense of Elisabeth Harper

Mar 25, 2015 Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon

The Stabroek News has published its interview with the PPP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Elisabeth Harper, in which some silly opinions were expressed by the lady. One has the right to their opinion, but an opinion can be comical.
I remember a famous magazine editor once wrote that Celine Dion cannot sing at all. I read that Chris Rock said that a Kanye West album was the best music ever recorded. None of West’s albums could ever match “Exodus” by Bob Marley which is regarded by TIME magazine as one of the best records ever made.
Sometimes an opinion can be irritating. Bob Marley made better music than Kanye West. Really, nothing in the Motown anthology is better than the West album? Shouldn’t Rock stick to what he knows best – being a comic on stage? Celine Dion is a competent singer.
In her interview in the Stabroek News last Sunday, Elisabeth Harper, the goodly lady, said that she is not out to denigrate others. But she has denigrated herself. She was on a platform at the 2015 Babu Jaan ceremony when some of the crudest, depraved, denigrating comments ever made in the history of politics in this country were uttered by her PPP colleagues. If you are part of that miasma, aren’t you self-denigrating?
Mrs. Harper descends to the level of the absurd when she mouthed off , “We have seen Guyana’s profile enhanced internationally.” Guyana just lost out to Belize for the post of Assistant Secretary General to the OAS.
Mrs. Harper obviously is referring to the international mendicancy of the Jagdeo regime that caused then Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding to refer to Guyana as an international panhandler.
The Norwegian funds were not forthcoming and Mr. Jagdeo openly chastised the Norwegians for being disrespectful. How come Guyana’s international stock was rising and the Norwegians weren’t forthcoming? What prominence does Guyana have in the world today? Guyana’s only period of global fame was under President Burnham when both Burnham and Guyana were global names.
Today Guyana has a Foreign Minister who, when matched against any Foreign Minister that served under Burnham and Hoyte, would be like comparing Usain Bolt to a one-legged village runner.
Next, Mrs. Harper exclaimed that when she is outside she appreciates Guyana more.” Obviously something is wrong with Mrs. Harper.
The US Embassy processes 20 families per week. This excludes illegal migration to the US and legal and illegal migration to Canada and the CARICOM states. The World Bank states that 82 percent of Guyanese recipients of tertiary education leave. Guyanese are leaving in colossal numbers, meaning that they hardly appreciate their country.
Next Harper says that Guyana has better education. Which education is she talking about? Some people are begging and borrowing to send their children either to Marian Academy, School of the Nations, or Mae’s. Rich kids go to the International Academy in Prashad Nagar. The public school system is a horror show.
Afternoon lessons have made some teachers wealthy. UG has virtually collapsed. I taught Mrs. Harper’s daughter when she was at UG and those were the days when UG had resources. I would like that young lady to return to UG today and honestly tell me if she could recognize it when she was my student. I could be harsh on Harper and ask if she knows the difference between a mango and a mongoose.
Harper points out that Guyana is about to celebrate 50 years of Independence and she indicates that she wants to see her grandchildren benefit. Well those “pickneys” will benefit alright, but not from the rule of Harper’s PPP colleagues. My daughter is a product of the PPP era in Government. Her mother taught her in blackouts when she was at nursery school. My daughter is still doing her university work in blackouts after twenty-two years of power by Mrs. Harper’s PPP colleagues.
The problem I have with Harper’s expectations with regards to her grandchildren is my own expectations with regards to the NIS. I worked my backside off at UG for twenty-six years. The people of Guyana and me are told that the future of the NIS is shaky.
Finally, Mrs. Harper rejoiced in her exclamation that the economy is growing. But the GRA admitted that the paid parking it provided for its customers collapsed because drivers didn’t want to pay the required two hundred dollars. The National Park charges two hundred dollars too, yet the drivers park on Thomas Road. Maybe people are too poor to pay the fee. After all, Guyana is a piss poor country.

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