PPP leaders smarter and slicker today

Nov 17, 2021 Letters

Dear Editor,

It took slightly over a year for things to take shape since the PPP returned. What is confirmed in steel is that the PPP leaders spent their time in the political wilderness to refine their modus operandi on return; it had to do with governing differently. The five years prompted party and top people to perform postmortems on their body of work for the previous 23 years. The undocumented conclusion was that many huge mistakes were made. An integral part of the vision was how to do things differently, not repeat the leadership and ministerial failures of previous decades. After a mere year, the record is that party and its influential bigwigs have comprehensively tidied up their act.

Every area of error was studied: never again. We cannot go about matters like before, but approach and implement differently. By now, the keen should have noticed something: repetition of the word ‘differently’ thrice. It should be powerfully glaring that I am not using ‘better’ for leadership and governance, but differently frequently. I regret disappointing those whose expectations were otherwise. Indeed! Differently from the PPP was never about examining, learning, and changing towards improving for what is nationally better.

Rather, today PPP leaders are smarter and slicker, not cleaner or purer; which some of them never were. The loopholes that led to failing, and opened the door to endless embarrassments, have been closed. One of those loopholes was openness. Also, potentially troublesome human obstacles are purged. Today the PPP is a study in secrecy. Cheating spouses are tightlipped, or go to the extent of keeping clothes and skin free from suspicious odors. Today, PPP leaders have proxies to tie up loose ends, carry baggage, and parade in numerous masquerades. They operate under different names: agencies and boards, to name some grateful and always well-populated with ready and willing performers to jump high and dance any jigs. It is a lovely company of Guyanese nationals with one thing in common: they have all sworn allegiance not to the constitution and flag of Guyana, but to political men, one, who controls their destinies

I applaud them for choosing well. Rarely, have I come across people so lacking in self-respect and basic honor. Even rarer, I am yet to encounter so many of them in such a small space. Per square kilometer, Guyana must boast, and Georgetown houses, the densest concentration of weak and troubled people anywhere. All know their roles, and the limits of such. Given who and what he has setup, the big kahuna is a fulltime consultant. Nobody dares to speak. There are no whistleblowers, no guardians of democracy, no concerned Guyanese around anymore. All want a piece of the action, and they will do anything for it. Revered leaders, there is only one such main man who call all the shots and name the ones to be blessed to do certain jobs.

Forget about oil-dorado. This is a den of thieves, one hell of a predator’s ball.

Sincerely,
ghklall

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