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Guyana’s de facto head of state’s report card

Jul 16, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

August is coming; time for calling things as they are, through this report card on Guyana’s political jefe. It’s spectacular.
The Supreme Leader takes charge of everything with the whiff of money; the man with tangled title and responsibility mere lipstick. There is the rich natural resources sector with, best of all, oil. He charges ahead, like Barry White of “Can’t get enough of your love baby” meaning cash. Thank God for light sweet crude, and a now sweeter, smoother leader casting long shadows that overpower lesser Guyanese mortals. Whether bright boys or ambitious young Turks inside his own circle, sucking straws and pacifiers doled out, or the main opposition cringing before force of nature bowling over, the situation is unchanged. Indeed, the nation is blessed with a head that is the stuff of legend; a man more than a legend in his own mind and that of delirious worshippers, he is a legend bigger than his time. He is finance man, oilman, lumberman, and Goldman (not Wall Street one, but close) all in one. He is garbage man also, since nothing is left for anybody; not even the other elected and selected rodents. Mention the word money and he is spring-loaded jack-in-the box shooting out of nowhere and everywhere. His one known Achilles heel is money. Money to borrow, money to spend, money to collect (for the party, of course), and any kind of money, regardless of the smell or source, reduces him to rutting like a pig in swill. Or panting dog in heat. Anything moving or dying, with clothing on, better beware. No dollar is ever disliked; only those who object stand in way, and say: no clothes on the local King Kong. Woe unto them! My position stands: complete lack of basic trust.
There is a cabinet, but the big man has sidelined to that of an ornament – nice for display, to use, as convenient, willing doormat. Hence, the spectacle of ministers operating in the court of an Oriental potentate of yore. They mind manners, walk on eggshells, hold tongue, speak only the language (money, what else?), with ritual bows, as expected. There are a few exceptions in this money hustle. Health smells, and education demands much babysitting. There is money action, but it is better to spread the wealth and keep the political family happy. They clutch small mercies, which begins with the letter B. That would be billions to kick around, before deciding who gets what and what gets done, for anything that will holdup. It is one grand holdup this democracy now racing to the next decade on speed and steroids. Not to worry, in this country, everything is legal, once the Minister General says that it is so. The leader of the local pack is a party man, race man, moneyman, ladies’ man (so they say!), and a man’s man (ask them, not me). Of course, the jilted opposition will have none of Guyana’s Marlboro man; now full-out Exxon man, whose glow speaks not to sincerity or credibility. The foreigners decide he bears watching: too much like Burnham, only more clever, more sinister, and definitely greedier. This is the story of this nation’s prodigal son, a combination of golden child, Iron Man, and Captain Guyana. It is not the president of this Sopranos state.

Sincerely,
GHK Lall

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