The con game
Published:Saturday | July 24, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir:
There is a story told about a man who jumped the wall of the national stadium only to see his friend on the inside saying he got in free because there was no charge at the gate. The moral is that some people will always try to con their way even when there is no need.
Our dear prime minister is much like the man jumping the wall of the stadium when the cost to enter was zero. If he spent half the time trying to do good for the country instead of trying to be clever we would all be better off.
I am referring to the sham attempt at trying to extend the state of emergency. He knows very well that the People's National Party (PNP) would not support the deal. He knows that there was no further need for the state of emergency but with it in place the general public felt more secure. So he conned the PNP into killing it with the sole purpose of gaining sympathy from the public. This parallels the handing over of Christopher 'Dudus' Coke by turning on a dime when he was cornered.
No-confidence motion
When the no-confidence motion was brought against the PM all the MPs on the Government's side were in Parliament. It was as in a general election when the election machinery brings out persons to vote who have not seen the light of day for years. They were there to make sure that the no-confidence motion was defeated. Nothing could keep them away. But lo and behold, on a day of national importance, the need for the state of emergency extension to further the crime fighting, they were absent. If they wanted to pass the extension they would have been there.
I am, etc.,
GEORGE NOLAS