Exposing the links—

PNCR’s team Granger to probe Vanessa Kissoon is an insult to the entire membership OLD KAI could not help laughing after reading the names of those who have been selected by the PNCR leadership to probe Member of Parliament Vanessa Kissoon.
It is a clear attempt at a sick joke. The composition, quite frankly, is a deliberate attempt to insult Kissoon, who is a long standing member of the party, and by extension, the people of Linden. How else can one explain the presence of Malika Ramsey, who is now cutting her teeth in the party? This has nothing to do with the fact that after struggling to establish herself in the local media, she made a transition to the political arena in the lead-up to the last elections, where she is now trying to establish herself as a youth member.
Over this time, she has become Granger’s personal cheerleader, as a television host for the party’s programmes, she practically worships the man. Anyone looking at the programmes would quickly corroborate this fact. So then how can we expect this young lady to deliver an impartial verdict?
She is employed by Granger, who is always keen to stress that he is the Leader; so are we to believe that this junior member would not bend to the wishes of her superiors and do their bidding against Vanessa Kissoon? Therefore, it is easy to see why she was placed there.
We now come to Christopher Jones, another cheerleader for Granger, who was rewarded with a Member of Parliament position after the last elections. Jones was employed as a cameraman at Congress Place several years ago by Robert Corbin, then leader of the PNCR. It is no secret that the man propping up Granger is Corbin; therefore it is also clear why Jones was selected to be a member of the disciplinary committee. If the ambitious Jones wants to advance his political career within the party, it is obvious he will not go against the wishes of his bosses.
Then there is the not so light issue of Jones being exposed by this very column for providing misleading information on an incident involving himself and Police ranks a few months ago, when he was quoted as saying that he was stopped by ranks after being warned a few weeks prior to either get a tint permit or remove the tint from his vehicle. He told the media that he informed the ranks that his vehicle was factory tinted, only to find out later that this was not the case, after which, obviously embarrassed, he had to remove it.
If he was so hesitant with the truth on such an issue, can the membership be assured that his conscience will be his guide this time around in the Kissoon affair, particularly given his links with the Granger grouping?
Let’s move on to the member who was selected to Chair the Disciplinary Committee against Vanessa Kissoon, no other than former Region 4 RDC Chairman, Alan Munroe, a longstanding ally and colleague of Robert Corbin. The link is more evident when one considers that in 2010, the very Munroe was the lone opposition newcomer selected by then PNCR leader Robert Corbin to sit on the Teaching Service Commission.
Would he now go against the Corbin/Granger faction after all they did for him in the past?
That’s a majority in the 5 member panel; but let us also not forget that Cheryl Sampson and Lance Carberry are also long standing allies of Robert Corbin.
Now bearing in mind that this information has apparently been leaked to the media, and the party is yet to officially confirm, but based on these revelations by Old Kai, those behind the machinations against Kissoon will surely be forced to withdraw these names if indeed this is the composition of the panel and come up with a more independent panel to probe the Linden MP.
If they do not, well, the people of Linden might feel that they have a legitimate cause and will feel that they have no other option but to follow through on their threats against the PNCR.
Old Kai’s only hope is that whatever plays out over the coming days, that it does not descend into violence, bearing in mind that the PNCR has a history of party members being assaulted, even at Congress Place. Vanessa Kissoon is the latest victim to have apparently suffered that fate, and to top it off, she is the one being disciplined, while the other party member, who is an ally of Granger/Corbin, has just walked away.

(Old Kai: Chronicles of Guyana)