The PNC had their biennial congress in August last and what a “great spectacle” that was, a bunch of bullies all jostling as to who was the bigger and better bully. At the end of the day Granger and his team came out on top.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and sure it did, because what unfolded before my very eyes was nothing short of that sordid picture of a bunch of PNC hooligans going about their business with enthusiasm. I was present at the Sophia hideout, so no one can question the validity of my report.
The whole saga began when Aubrey Norton – a discarded member, came down from Linden with his entourage with a threat to hijack the PNC’s rigging machinery. This “mini-bully” (if I should coin a new word) was testing the PNC’s rigging process with a raucous group of foul-mouthed, yard fowl bunch. They tried to get into the hall where they would have stuffed the ballot boxes so as to get their guy into office. However, the Granger group, which had prior knowledge of this scheme, was well-prepared for them. Granger’s faction counter-punched with a “lock everyone of them out” order from the grand bully. So there you have it – Norton and team outfoxed at a rigging game they are all too familiar with. Even when they tried to force their way in they were met with stout resistance. There was a backup gunman planted in the Granger camp to see to it that the Linden party was kept out, because they were not going to allow the Region 10 group to have its way. He fired two shots into the air when they tried to overpower security. The stark reality was that Linden had no vote and Granger and team went away fully satisfied that rigging by force pays off.

There are a few points I would like to forcibly bring to the public’s attention:
1. The Linden posse demonstrated to the world what they really are, which is a group of uncouth, out –of- control individuals with a penchant for rank hooliganism. This is something that was evident in the Linden uprising when they were asked to make a little contribution to the national coffers for their electricity consumption. They responded with days of looting and burning with cases of grave vandalism to public property. They even fired at the police who were there to maintain law and order. This is the Linden we know, and a people who Granger stoutly defended when the Linden CoI was commissioned: So why cry foul now when the very Lindeners came to their own PNC Congress to assert “their rights?”
2. Secondly, the Granger team must also hang their heads in shame for rigging their own election. Are these the same individuals who denied that rigging ever occurred, far less something that should be mentioned among themselves? The fact of the matter is that rigging is alive and well within the PNC.
3. Norton has been sucker-punched for the third time in a row, first by Hoyte, then Corbin, and the latest Granger: certainly it is time for him to call it quits.
4. A house divided cannot and will not stand – the violence, the rigging, that so epitomizes the PNC/APNU. It is such a vital part of their DNA that even among their own kind they cannot control themselves. Are these the people who want to rule over us? Are they serious?

Finally, the PNC made a lame effort at mitigating their pathetic circumstances with statements that the PPP was to be blamed for their vulgar display last congress. Before I even try to figure out their mess I would like Norton and Granger to sober up to the fact that nothing close to such wanton lawlessness ever occurred within the ranks of the PPP. The PPP/C is a party of dignity and decorum. I have never witnessed rigging, nor have I seen any gun play at a PPP Congress. Rigging, gun play, violence of all sorts are synonymous terminologies when you look at the PNC.  Ironically, when they were locked in a cesspool of lawlessness, the PPP were happily engaged in a fun day at Freedom House.
What the PNC/APNU grouping needs to do is consider how ready they are for an election after that shameful display.

Neil Adams