FOR many years, the lies ‘dem boys’ would write was basically allowed to go unchallenged, and so the reading public actually believed what they said. Over time, they felt so powerful, their stories became more outlandish.
One time they plastered a big photo on their front page with a caption titled, ‘Enmore Market a white elephant’, and showing an enclosed tarmac recently constructed by the PPP/C Government, with just empty stalls.What they didn’t tell the public was that like all other markets which developed around the sugar estates, this one also only operated on ‘pay day’, usually on Fridays. So, the devious people decided to go another day when the market was not in operation and snapped the picture; and then big headline. This is the nature of the people over at the ‘Once-upon-a-time’ newspaper.
Old Kai has been ‘skinnin up’ deh dubious operation over dere, and all of a sudden every man jack start fuh get sick. The “book thief” claim how he get heart attack; ‘Burnham Boy’ holler how he blood pressure high and he dizzy for many days; de one from Bachelors Adventure who always feel he like Samuel L Jackson in ‘Shaft’, get cholesterol and diabetes; and even ‘Fancy Suit’ man get diarrhoea.
Then there is ‘dem boys’ who does hide-hide and write. Dem does come and talk nice, nice to you, and then as soon as you back turn, a whole heap ah lies they does write. But is just a matter of time before de truth catch up wid dem too. Old Kai got all deh files, including de two who does play big family men and end up on North Road late at night.
Is one sick bunch of them we have over there, but is now we seeing deh true colours. We not lettin’ up de pressure until they begin to talk de truth; not De Professor version of de truth dat he sing ‘bout, but de whole truth, and nothing but de truth.
Talking ‘bout truth, Old Kai has noticed dat de ‘Ram-Goat Man’ has joined the Granger bandwaggon calling for national inquiry. This attempt at giving Granger some breathing space from the pressure will fail. Ram of all people should not talk about enquiry into professional ethics, lest we forget his involvement in Hotel Tower and Guyana Stores.
Then there is the fact that he has been accused of using private clientele information to publicly attack businesses that have decided to engage other auditing firms. Now this should be the source of an inquiry, as such allegations can also be construed as attempts at ‘economic blackmail’.
But then, this should also come as no surprise to us, because he has been trying to do the same thing to our people at a national level. There is also our boy, Granger, who has come out and stated that his party is committed to passing the AML/CFT amendment Bill before the latest deadline announced by the Regional Taskforce. Who does he really think he is fooling? Whatever happened to all those other deadlines that we have missed because of the deliberate stalling tactics by APNU and the AFC?
Again, this should come as no surprise to us, because the policy position, as set up by the Opposition, is to make our country ‘ungovernable’. Unlawfully cutting the budget, chasing away investors, trying to kill transformative projects, forcing consumers to pay more for electricity, getting Guyana financially blacklisted are all critical elements of their plan.
So, for all those who still believe the Opposition has the best interest of our nation at heart, stop dreaming! Wake up and remember that they publicly warned us that we were ‘collateral damage’!