When Raphael Trotman said that the AFC came out of the coalition negotiations a winner with only 10% of the votes, he was making a desperate attempt at damage control. He was referring to the deal which saw them (supposedly) getting more than their fair share of political status in that alliance of sorts. Of course, I am compelled to add that they did get more than their fair share, to hammer out a prime ministerial post deal with a 40% partner is good politics. However, I must caution Trotman with that smart talk of being a winner. Must I remind him of what did take place after the 1964 coalition with the same PNC? Let me give you the answer: soon thereafter they kicked the United Force’s Peter D’Aguiar to the curb and took full control of all things political in this country. The PNC loves to be in control, that is their modus operandi; and there is no reason to believe that they have relinquished that idea. You are playing around with an experienced party that has near five decades of this sort of behaviour, so hear me and hear me well, AFC, you are doomed.

The PNC is a wily competitor when it comes to reneging on promises and the AFC has walked right into its trap. So, that fancy footwork about they being a winner is mere idle talk. The PNC/APNU will never tolerate a miniature junior partner being so vocal and powerful in any partnership with them … period. It is not going to happen, it never happened in the past and certainly wouldn’t happen now. Lest they think that this writer is scaring anyone, I am not, all I am doing is laying out the cards on the table in plain talk.
I must hasten to a close by repeating the good old Guyanese proverb “smart fly does get lock up in cow b…..d.” No conversation on Guyana can be sweeter unless you use one of these creole proverbs. Like the proverbial fly in that story, the AFC smart fly has been “zooming” around that part of the PNC cow’s anatomy for sometime and has finally decided to zoom in. They are now locked shut and will have the devil’s own job to extricate themselves.
Meantime, the onlooker electorate are shocked as to the course of events. I say the people will help this AFC/PNC coalition by voting them out into the cold.

NEIL ADAMS