A ‘hoppertunist’ is someone who hops – like a grasshopper – from plane to plane scavenging for opportunities. A hoppertunist shamelessly defends the untenable just for gain. A hoppertunist pounces on every opportunity – one day against you and the next day for you, depending on which position suits his greed best.
‘Hoppertunist’ is a portmanteau word derived from ‘hopper’ and ‘opportunist.’ The coinage of this word has its origin in this very letter, and this word will be patented by this publication.
The worst hoppertunists are those who posture as preachers of the gospel and impugn the character of Christianity by their flagrant collusion with evil just for some connections, cash and contracts.
I’ll take them one at a time. This letter is devoted to the owner of a Public Relations consultancy (name withheld). The owner of this consultancy enjoyed swallowing up all the multi-million-dollar public relations and communications contracts while the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) regime was in Government.
His greed is so insatiable; this ‘pastor’ discouraged and suppressed the emergence of any similar consultancy just to enjoy monopoly. One of (name withheld) this person’s most reprehensible deeds in recent memory was his use of the images of children to create a public relations campaign to wash the image of former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall on the aftermath of the notorious recorded conversation in which Nandlall threatened to unleash mass murder at Kaieteur News.

Persons like the owner of this Consultancy firm bring the name of Christ and Christianity into disrepute. Their obsession with money and earthly possessions is antithetical to the teachings of Christianity.
This person even attended elections campaigns and rallies with the PPP/C and must, no doubt, have said things to discredit the APNU+AFC coalition. How a man can preach integrity, righteousness, transparency, equity and godliness and still be mired in the opposite is incomprehensible; how he manages to keep a church membership and congregation is mindboggling.

Hoppertunists are so patently greedy, they possess the forest, yet they grab for a seedling; they snatch at the raindrop though they own the ocean. Now that the PPP/C is ousted from Government, (this public relations consultant) – if he has not already begun courting the APNU+AFC coalition Government – will now jump ship and grab at the opportunities to be had from the Granger Administration. (He) will use his Black race to posture as though he was always a supporter of APNU or AFC.
Ah, the love of money!
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter was edited to avoid libel)