Same old, same old for 2012
As we get the auld lang syne ready, we are carrying some heavy
political baggage into 2012. It is no pleasant surprise that the revived
political careers of Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning are going into
2012 with us. It is not our heaviest baggage, but it is a sign of how
desperate the search for political leadership might become. Apparently
old political habits and acquaintances are not easily forgotten.
The country's national security provides the best evidence of how rotten our old political habits have been. In 2011 the medal-winning national security forces were aroused like jep by a half-cooked assassination zeppo, but their political leadership stayed in shameless denial of those running the crime. If the drawn-out assault on criminals stands out in the year-end review, then the significance is in those who were not arrested.
In 2011 the PM played the old political card of roughing up the little people and quickly playing kiss and make up. But just like her two predecessors who now jostle to rival her again, the PM left the influence-peddling, money laundering and bourgeois crime families untouched. It is the firmest confirmation for the country that for crime to be reduced, we have to start with the politicians.
Not one of the current parties can tackle drugs, guns and murders and then fund an election campaign. And the heaviest baggage we carry into 2012 is the knowledge and confirmation that it took 107 days of public emergency powers for the PM to reveal that when it comes to crime, she knows who and what not to touch.
The country's national security provides the best evidence of how rotten our old political habits have been. In 2011 the medal-winning national security forces were aroused like jep by a half-cooked assassination zeppo, but their political leadership stayed in shameless denial of those running the crime. If the drawn-out assault on criminals stands out in the year-end review, then the significance is in those who were not arrested.
In 2011 the PM played the old political card of roughing up the little people and quickly playing kiss and make up. But just like her two predecessors who now jostle to rival her again, the PM left the influence-peddling, money laundering and bourgeois crime families untouched. It is the firmest confirmation for the country that for crime to be reduced, we have to start with the politicians.
Not one of the current parties can tackle drugs, guns and murders and then fund an election campaign. And the heaviest baggage we carry into 2012 is the knowledge and confirmation that it took 107 days of public emergency powers for the PM to reveal that when it comes to crime, she knows who and what not to touch.
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