SURELY, the junior parliamentary political Opposition party, the Alliance For Change (AFC), is on a course of what can be described as a desperate attempt at shoring up its severely mauled image, as a result of conduct by some of its senior executives, deemed as inappropriate.

These instances, scandalous in every way, not only have caused irreparable damage to this party’s well-choreographed image, but have also doomed it to an irreversible decline.

So, its strategy, seemingly smart, has been to attack the Executive by way of accusing the Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh of ‘constitutional illegalities’, by way of a charge that he has spent money that has not been authorised by the National Assembly.

Thus the orchestrated plan has been to begin the cry of ‘constitutional crisis’, in the hope of attracting their followers’ attention, even claiming that the responses have been encouraging.

But, they have been mistaken, for apart from this ill-conceived plan not gaining any currency, much less momentum among its constituents, its senior Opposition colleague, the APNU, has not paid any serious attention, although the two sides would have met for “discussions”.
Of course, APNU knows better as illustrated by its reaction of describing such a call for “no confidence” as a “serious” issue.
In other words, the APNU is not prepared to countenance such a motion, for which there is no discerning reason.
And so not satisfied with the least attention showed by its parliamentary colleague, this seemingly dying party of the AFC has written His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, mouthing the same accusations of unauthorised spending, and still threatening its motion of “no confidence”, arguing that it is the “constitutional mechanism for removal of an unpopular government that has ceased to enjoy the confidence of the National Assembly…and contemptuous disregard for the Supreme Law of the country”.
This missive seems to be one that is perhaps designed to coerce the government to concede to a list of demands that the AFC has brazenly published. But, surely the PPP/C government has not dignified such; instead, the President has dared the entire Opposition to “Do it”.
Poor Khemraj Ramjattan! He is learning painfully that honest, political leadership is built upon the rock of truth and integrity, and not deceit. He paints a horrible picture of a being that has become trapped in his own designed mosaic of political folly, which he believes that he and his fellow party chieftains could have foisted on the nation, hoping for a lifeline of rescue. But, such has not been thrown out to him or his colleagues, for the sole reason that he and his party have been adjudged as having an agenda that does not reflect the wishes of the nation, much less an understanding of what constitutional matters are about.
How can he, an attorney, not understand what authority, Article 218(3) of our Constitution bestows on the Minister of Finance? Amazingly, too, how can he lay the accusation of a criminality being committed, out of a constitutional right that has been correctly exercised by the Minister? How can a constitutional crisis be created out of a legitimate act, enshrined in the Constitution?
Clearly, Ramjattan and his cohorts have all lost their marbles, for they are in terminal crisis!