The Titanic is an easier and worthier prospect to salvage than the Coalition’s position

Feb 17, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Just when everyone thought the Coalition’s pack of cards had expired, out come a third joker. I find it utterly ludicrous for a political party riding the incumbency horse to present a manifesto a mere 17 days before an election- an election, in which the leader of the Coalition had the honor of setting the date, five months in advance. This is an act of desperation. After the emptiness of “ Decade of development” offered no signs of inspiration to the electorate, here is an attempt to fill it by tossing the kitchen sink with all the dirty dishes (unfulfilled promises) at the electorate. Well! Let’s have some new dishes, since we cannot salvage those old ones,” seems to be their jejune thought process.
The Coalition took a long time to conclude that the ancient strategy of “mind bend” – telling the people that the PPP was bad and “ decade of development” is coming, was not working for them- hence a resort to pre 2015 promises galore.
The concept of “mind bend” has its principles. When you are in the driver’s seat (Govt), you don’t tell the electorate that your rival was bad and a decade of development is coming under your stewardship, the onus is on you to show how much you have bettered their lives by your works because you were given the position by the said people whose support you are seeking again.
People have memories!
A new slew of promises in their new manifesto, charming as they may seem – “20,000 new house lots”,” a roof over everyone’s head”, add free University education to that and it still is a deceptive and ludicrous proposition to the ears of the electorate.
Having taken the breath away from the working class by implementing over 200 new taxes, while pontificating about “the good life”, and squander our oil resources in a lopsided contract that will see us lose US$ 55 bullion in the next 40 years, while refusing to commit to renegotiation of the said contract, the Titanic appears to be an easier and worthier prospect to salvage than Coalition’s position in office.
Rudolph Singh

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