SO, the election season has started with a bang. The Coalition held its big campaign launch in Georgetown on Friday. It was quite an affair. By any count, the crowd was massive and upbeat. The sea of green at the Durban Park must have given the leaders quite a boost. One could hear it in the speeches from the platform. Interestingly, the AFC leader was as feisty as the come. It was good to see a united coalition on the stage waving their flags and dancing to the pulsating music. As the youth would say: “the Coalition launch Tun Up.”
If that demonstration was anything to go by, the PPP should be worried. They would hold their launch on Sunday in Kitty. They would be challenged to match the Coalition’s roll-out both in terms of crowd size and platform presentations. There were some anti-PPP jabs at the Coalition’s launch, but there was no political smut. For the most part, it was clean stuff—no cussing out. So, I would say the Coalition has passed the first test. If I am to bet on whether the PPP would outdo the Coalition, I would bet on the Coalition.

I like Ramjattan’s refrain—Let the Progress Continue. Reminds me of Roopnarine’s 2011″No Room for Donald.” Prezzie Granger was “Unbothered.” That was quite a line coming from the Soldier Man—he had the crowd in stiches. And the crowd loved it when he borrowed from that soca tune about putting the PPP clothes in a garbage bag. Or was it putting the PPP in the garbage bag. Whichever it was, the crowd loved it. But I love the kaiso about Five into twenty-three can’t go. I predict that would be the big hit on the campaign trail.
Well, contrary to my advice, the PPP picked the Brigadier as their number two man. I will call him the most recent “Window dresser.” The PPP has been using an African Guyanese as window dresser for a long time now. We had gotten used to Sam as the permanent one.

Now we are having a different one every election; it’s called “rotating the window dresser.” But no stress—the men dressing up the window like it so. My favorite candidate was the Bishop. But he made my hand fall when he dropped out. I really thought the man had more stamina than that. I feel real let down. But better luck next time—there is still 2025.