I LOOK forward to the unconstitutional sitting of parliament on July 12. At that time we are hoping that what seemingly is an unconstitutionally formed cabinet would be challenged. My vision is that by then the opposition would have awakened from their sleeping beauty doze slapped on from the spell cast after the shocking June 6 election.
By then all their members would have been sworn in and I guess the moomoo tablets would have worn off; all bona fide and ready to go to do what they do best. Oppose. We get the government we deserve I am told. It has not surprised me that the opposition has refused to appoint a deputy speaker. Once again the party has put the party’s interest and well being over that of the country; not unlike the Helen Air issue. Philip J Pierre is certainly cut from the same red cloth and the new blood needed for the revitalization of the SLP is not yet.
I look forward to the acclaimed constitutional lawyer, Dr. Kenny Anthony throwing some forceful jabs from his side of the parliamentary ring. Cause this is what it is; a divided nation fighting each other. No one puts country first. The UWP certainly did not and I am not surprised. Not with the appointment of 15 ministers and a sixteenth if the opposition had accepted to fill the deputy speaker’s position. Jobs for the boys and girls continue. We cannot expect to do the same thing and expect different results. I look forward to a more viable alternative in the next general elections.
Five to stay alive? I am really hoping that we did not truly believe these, especially the first one. Immediate has proven to have a different meaning for Allen but I have learnt that things take time especially if you want it done well.
As I said earlier we cannot expect to do the same thing and expect different results. In opposition the SLP described VAT as an onerous tax and when they came in still implemented it. Parties say all sorts of things in opposition. In regard to Value Added Tax, the writings are on the wall. The realities are inscribed in several reports around the region.
“Pre-elections VAT reduction promise was ‘imprudent” the headline, a quote from Prime Minister David Granger lined newspapers around Guyana recently.
The same is running true in the Turks and Caicos with headlines of regrets by Minister Misick in regard to VAT.
And so I look forward to Allen Chastanet hitting the headline soon to tell us that having spoken to the IMF and having accessed the fiscal position of things in Saint Lucia, he is unable to deliver on his promise.
I look forward to the day when our politicians would not make promises and our people would not be fooled by them. In the meantime I continue to advance the independent model.