Dear Editor,
The unbelievable is happening in Guyana, and it is more than overwhelming. How about extraordinary! It is enough for me to vote PPP, if I ever vote again, and to inspire the national Guyanese family also to vote PPP. Look and listen. Grab hold of what is happening. The superlatives sound routine, not quite up to the task of giving the fullest credit to the PPP of Ali and Jagdeo.
They sent Gail on the road for one last roundup. ‘Every dollar lost to corruption is a road or school stolen.’ Before Minister Texeira took off, I said that one dollar lost to corruption is one less meal for a hungry Guyanese, often a child. Remember that, Drs. Ali and Jagdeo? I have been saying that for years, and Dr, Jagdeo-he of Harvard Medical School and the Mayo Clinic-rushed to open his clinic. He (Lall) seh dat de PPP corrupt. I did and I still do. If corruption is not there, and not such a spur in the PPP eyeballs, then why is there a need to send poor, struggling Madam Gail to run the road and read riot acts. Why do that to a comrade, a sister, who has proven herself as a true PPP luminary for the last 500 hundred years? There is none redder than the Hon. Gail Texeira in the PPP sea of red. Corruption must be real baaad, when ministers have to be yanked out of their beds and sent running to different places. To the ghettoes of Guyana on their stiletto heels. Things get precarious in a hurry.
For there was another minister attending to the state of the Stabroek Market, the ole ‘Big Maakit.’ A bin every 40 feet was the next environmental beauty. I love it. Even mi casa cannot compete with that tight spacing. I am sure that I read in the news some time ago that Burnham died. Rest in peace, skipper. Now the PPP pushes an old Burnhamism: keep the city clean. And Excellency Ali doing his part, through moving briskly and authoritatively along with his city drainage vision. ‘Me and Excellency Ali is waan wid dah waan.’ This is incredible, richer than ice-cream and tastier; lest I forget, healthier, too. Thanks, Mr. President, honourable ministers.
If the PPP Govt cleanup the places of corruption, clogged drains, congested roadways, and contaminated market places, then what would be left for a commentator to do? Simple: stick to admiration and applause, and monopolize both. Readily, freely, done. None of the bowing, scraping, and blowing hard of those hustling for recognition and inclusion. Pres. Ali and VP BJ know where I stand [they all do], and when I say I stand for something and with someone, then that’s it. No need for a fat paycheck; no handshake necessary. They fulfill their duty, and I pay tribute to them for finally living up to expectations. They aren’t alone. The ministers referred to above have male company, blazing new trails, knocking back the apple carts standing in the pathways. Painting the carts red now counts for less. Something is up, given what has been coming down.
Minister Edghill came out refreshed from talking to God. Get those blasted overweight trucks off the road, damnit! It was the Works Minister’s best imitation of Moses, when he came down that mountain with his commandments. Thou shalt not drive on Guyana’s roads with overloaded trucks. I take in all of this, and said there can be only one response: Vote PPP! Count me. But I am not done yet. Not when the PPP ministerial parade was still moving. Must be Xmas, the usual masquerade season. All hail, Minister Vickram Bharrat: Local Content Law will be revised. Will be, not may be. Dat is showin; who is de boss. Tek dah, Massa Routledge. Surely, Americans must know that more is better. C’mon, why be stingy and mek a nice, fluffy dog turn mangy?
Now, the final curtain: I like this new and improved PPP. Magnificent and succulent. There is much that Guyanese could benefit from, once all these leadership initiatives and ministerial magic are genuine. Not sound bites that later bite Guyanese deeply. But the real McCoy, and not like those ones that play games from the shadows using different strategies and subtleties to carryon. With a cash grant coming, a menu of curative measures coming, and other dazzling enhancements coming, Guyana is not the next Dubai. Guyana is Dubai elevated to the 10th power. Me, I am voting PPP. And that is my story.