Dear Sir,
IN my Letter that appeared in the Guyana Chronicle on May 7, I had queried a number of things that I found strange about the other political contestants that took part in the General and Regional Elections.

This amalgamation with the PPP is so obvious that its conspiracy most high. These so-called groups, identified as political parties, just seemingly evolved out of nowhere. Did they have the necessary credentials to pass as a political party and become involved in the elections? Now we understand how important their collective votes are; I would love to know the person who gave them the go-ahead. This missive, by the way, is written before the Chairlady sings.

As the count wound down, they, the imitators, have stood shoulder-to-cheque- book with the PPP. They voted continuously with them in the Claims and Objections period, just like parrots they concur. Talking about a coalition! The PPP has created their own; deviously, but they have now become one in a collection of seven, all bought and paid for. However, their attacks have become more strident; it’s like a gang fight with all and sundry piling on. Most prominent is the quantity of positive (but untruthful) ink that they the PPP get continuously from their kith and kin in the media houses.

A retread politician who now disguises as a writer for one of the ‘rags’ had thrown out the probability and possibility that there was a six per cent of voters who have not found a political home. In my earlier letter in relation to the six per cent, I had asked if it would be a collective six per cent or individual? I do not know the number that makes up 6%, but is it a probability that the imitators have gotten the magical six per cent, and that would possibly put their man/woman in the ‘Big-House’. The rumour is that a man named Shuman is supposed to be the front-runner; that is all we need.

The Chief Sleuth of the PPP/C has boasted about the international team that they have put together that is willing, at a moment’s notice, to give assistance if necessary. All of the people who came under the various disguises to officiate, to observe, to scrutinise, and to suggest sanctions as they so please, we have heard their comments and conclusions from near and afar. People who have lost credibility are now in positions of authority in lofty organisations with great-sounding names that do nothing and mean nothing. Some have the authority to pontificate about fairness, and make jibes like ‘tek yo licks like a man’.

We have seen this playbook before; we have seen this regime-change playbook before; it is not that clandestine. This playbook has been used often, and repeated times to remove creative administrations, and replace them with powerless people; people who can be easily manipulated; people who are always open to deal-making. The country falls into depravity and lawlessness, and the people suffer.

Meantime, the PPP has told the world, (including Reuters) that they have won the elections. This claim was made even before the chair-lady sings, so that if any other decision is given, their victory was stolen. They held a victory celebration party that the Coalition complained about, even though they had agreed that any overplay of party was forbidden.

Now that all and sundry has heard the PPP boast, how do you get the horse back into the stable? No rubbing of its head will suffice. If we are to take a cue from their man who knows ‘the Christ’, he laid down a marker; he took it upon himself (and it was not even a Sunday) to preach a sermon, castigating the Guyanese workers (probably sinners) about things to come. Of course, he denied what he said the next day; all he wanted was to take away some of the spotlight from his leader.

Now that he thinks that the coast is clear (sorry for that cliche), the Leader of the Opposition has decided to lower the decimals on the volume of attacks against the Chair, commending it as an achievement instead of an apology. In his usual braggadocio way, he has shouted that he expects his man to be sworn in as President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana come this week; he even had a discussion with the Top Cop about security. Why? Is he snitching upon himself and his group? They are the only ones who have unleashed violence so far. In the immortal words of Saint Augustine: “The Saint requires PEACE to worship GOD, the sinner to ENJOY worldly pleasures.”
Regards,
Milton Bruce