Dear Editor,
The PNC had two options on Monday: abstain or vote for Azruddin Mohamed to become Opposition Leader. What happened instead was an eel-like attempt at the in-between.
On Friday, Terrence Campbell and the PNC publicly stated that they were against abstaining from the Opposition Leader vote, effectively embracing Mohamed. Their justification? Collaboration. Fast forward to Sunday night, when senior APNU MP Ganesh Mahipaul had to school the WIN leader on basic Parliamentary procedure relating to Parliamentary committee makeup, prompting the indicted MP to accuse Ganesh of being in the PPP’s pocket.
Now to Monday itself. The PNC’s Twelve Disciples, as they ironically call themselves, showed up to the House, walked out without nominating a single person from their slate… and then walked right back in!
Campbell now claims that literally refusing to vote for the man, leaving the chamber, and returning moments later was an act of extending an “olive branch”. If anything, it was tekkin’ shaft.
I said before that Azruddin’s election would have consequences for the PNC. What unfolded on Monday was nothing short of a humiliation ritual for the party of Forbes Burnham. There is no room for meaningful collaboration here. If anything, this is political cuckoldry parading as strategy.