AS was expected, all was not right at this week’s sitting of the National Assembly, at which the government hoped to pass three important bills in what the public feared was a bit of a rushed manner. The Opposition had much to say leading up to the meeting, and things got even more heated when the two sides finally sat facing each other. Turned out, after much argument, that the opposition walked out of the National Assembly.Since heckling is a norm at a random sitting, I can only imagine the chaos that erupted at this last meeting, with the opposition in such high revolt. Either way, it can be said that perhaps the opposition felt some tiny victory as the government’s hope to pass all three of the slated bills was not achieved. Only two bills were passed, leaving the Anti-terrorism and Terrorist Activities Bill to be dropped until the next meeting.

So, can we call this a win-win situation? Not sure, because the PPP is still super bitter about the goings on. Stay tuned.

No worries!

Meanwhile, over at #teambenschop, all things are still positive. The Mayor-hopeful posted on the sea wall a picture of his view, as he contemplated how he’d make his “checkmate” move against the larger parties. He didn’t seem worried about all the bickering over the bills, “especially that suspicious Local Government Elections Bill”, and his followers were in full support.

If you ask me, Mr Mayor should have been a bit more aware of the litter in the photograph itself -– seeing that that’s his area of interest now — rather than his aim to throw shade at the current goings-on in Parliament; but that’s another story.

The bottom line is: his is a lesson in positive vibes. Whether or not the Local Government Elections Bill could harm his chances, he’s determined to win.

Just deserts!

So the sugar workers received a tap on the back from Government for their performance thus far for the year, as they are expected to exceed their target for 2015.

That’s all good and dandy that the government is pleased, but the sugar workers did so well that people are asking why they were not amply rewarded. Following a call by GAWU to have the workers included in the reward meted out to the public servants, the government responded that there is no money at that time to facilitate that. So things will be a little brown for the sugar workers, it seems. That pat on the back will have to do for now.

This $50,000 bonus got lots of problems.