OLD Kai is amazed at the response provided to the media by PNCR leader David Granger over who exactly fired a gunshot during its farcical voting process on the final day of its congress.

It appears no one from the media, during the after-congress press briefing picked up on it, as it would have been an interesting moment to see Granger try to squirm his way out of this gaff.

Internet news site, inews, reported that when questioned on the gunshot, Granger confirmed that indeed a shot was fired, “however he could not say who fired the shot, but he is adamant that the person involved is in no way connected to the PNCR.”

The million-dollar question then is, if Granger claims that he is not aware of who exactly fired the shot, how is he aware and is confident that the person involved is in no way connected to the PNCR?
To confidently assert that the individual was not associated with the PNCR, logically, you would have had to first identify who the culprit was exactly.
Is this not a clear case of dishonesty on the part of the PNCR leader?

The public and especially Opposition supporters, including those who were disfranchised, and verbally and physically abused during the PNCR Congress, will now find it more difficult to trust anything coming from the mouth of David Granger.

The situation is made even more embarrassing for Granger when consideration is taken of the fact that an image has been published in the media of a PNCR member, attired with his delegate badge and gun in hand at the time the shot was fired.

The media, if they are indeed not afraid of the Opposition, should now press Granger and his minions to explain his contradictory statement on the shooter and all this nonsense about launching an investigation to identify the individual.
Let me also note that other media sites had reported that the gunman is David Granger’s bodyguard.
Then there are some downright ridiculous comments from PNCR members trying to justify the gunshot, as one individual, who is also a Councillor at the M&CC, was quoted in the media as saying the act was necessary so as to bring calm to the ruckus caused by persons turning up to vote only to find out their names had mysteriously vanished from the list. This is complete foolishness, as who in their right mind fires a gunshot to bring calm. Even if we were in the Wild West, such an act would cause widespread panic and pandemonium as was indeed the case at Congress Place.

It was nothing but a death threat, intended to send an ominous warning to anyone who dared challenge the internal dictatorship which has taken hold.
Let us not forget that it was Aubrey Norton who earlier this year, during an interview with a media house, had indicated that he was receiving death threats from certain individuals from Congress Place against whom he had evidence of corruption.
Therefore, it came as no surprise that shortly after the gunshot; Aubrey Norton abruptly gave up on his leadership challenge and left Congress Place with his supporters.
If this is the brand of democracy David Granger and his allies are offering their own supporters, we can only imagine what they have in store for all Guyanese at a national level.

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