State of Campbellville drains
Dear Editor I’d like to respond to an article appearing on the front page of your Monday, 5th June issue, but I’d like to do so with a picture which will, for the most part tell its own story.
The news article is the one on the cleaning of a “canal” along Sherriff Street, and among other things it tells us that the work started in Stone Avenue and also that the “canal” is the “main drain”.
Attached is a picture of one of the canals in Campbellville, and at the time it was taken the vehicle it was taken from was stationary on Stone Avenue ‒ this canal by the way, is one of the main drains, but not the only one. ironclad reassurance of such starts and resides in the being of the chairperson of Gecom. Hence, there is this insurmountable impasse now: the election commences right now with the final decision of chairperson of Gecom. It is won or lost on that pivotal move, and it cannot be a misstep.
If this is the situation today in 2017, then it should not require any stroke of genius to presage what is promised in less than a handful of disquieting years ahead. It must be expressed, even though it will not find favour. Now that the endless glories of oil enrich the political prize, the local arena increasingly assumes the intensely fevered heat of unfolding political delirium.
Those who have turned down the nomination know this, and some of those raising a hand to step forward do not know what they do not know, brave face and all. And, of course, the political kingpins know this more than everybody put together. It is why there is this game over the chairpersonship of Gecom. Whoever it turns out to be will have all the powers of a kingmaker, and will be called upon to deliver one at a most roiling hour.
Editor, my own growing concern is that after all the nuanced movements, all the calibrations and calculations, and all the sagacity around this politically seismic prone place, there is little new ground covered; there is little give and less take. It is that stark and inarguably obvious in this search for a chairperson for Gecom. As matters stand, it is easier to elect a head-of-state for Guyana, than to select a chair for Gecom.
It should come as no surprise, therefore, why the richest nation in this region is incontestably the most backward, the biggest loser, a real basket case, and a perpetual one.
Yours faithfully, GHK Lall