People power: Many dictators

Satiricus is happy. He is happy that APANU has rejected Pressie’s claim that the opposition was a ‘dictator of one’ in Parliament. How dare he?! The voice of the people is the voice of God, wasn’t it? And the people had spoken. The people had given APANU/KFC 33 seats in Parliament. APANU/AFC was not like the PPPEE – they were not fooling around. The people had given APANU/KFC power in Parliament. They were a dictatorship of 33, not 1! To paraphrase Rodney, it was “People’s power! Many dictators!”

“Well, the party of Rodney is now with the party of Burnham,” Satiricus explained. “Philosophies change!”

“But ah wha Pressie mean by a “dictatorship of one”?” Cappo wanted to know. “Na all 33 ah dem vote fo de Speaker an na gie PPPEE nothing?”

“That’s right. I was there!” confided Teacher Samad. “Even the Naga Man who Grain Ja turn down.”

“Wha yuh mean ‘even’ Naga Man?” Bungi objected. “Yuh mean ‘especially’ Naga Man!”

“What you mean?” Hari wanted to know.

“Chap, if yuh want fo see dictator, wait till Naga Man get ‘e haan pan wan committee or something,” promised Bungi. “Me know de man fram nuff PPP Congress.”

“OK! OK! I won’t ask about Grain Ja,” said Hari. “I know he get forty years training to be a dictator in the army. But what about Roop na Rain?”

“Oh, yuh think because he a like poem and painting, he cyan be wan dictator?” Cappo wanted to know.

“Leh me tell yuh something. Hitler paint picture; Stalin write poetry and Saddam bin like to feed bird!” “So what Roop na Rain do?” demanded Hari.

“Well bai, you gat fo watch when dem kind a man get dem hand pan small thing, and den you gon know wha dem go do if dem get de big thing.”

“OK…” Hari prompted.

“Remember when Roop na Rain na bin gat wuk and Lincoln de Loud, gyaam wan squeeze a Critchlow?” Cappo waited for an acknowledgement.

“Yeah?” “Well, check who he invite fram outside fo give lecture! Every man jack fram WAPA!” Shouted Cappo.

“Wha yuh think he go do when he get he haan pan some real money.” “I won’t’ ask about all them soldiers Grain bring into APNU.

But what about the youths from YCT?” Suresh had gotten into the issue.

“Man, like yuh forget about 0.007 Bond, or wha?” Cappo smirked. “De chap na even get in parliament and he pistol whip some barber!” “And all a dem bin a march and threaten Suruj ballsy and Go Kool!” Bungi hasn’t forgotten. ” is a good set a dictator coming up!”

“All right, how about Ram Jhaat Tan?” Suresh wanted to know.

“Yuh know dem vote he president a wan religious group in town?” Cappo asked.

Suresh acknowledged he did.

“Well after de voting he wife tell him, ‘Darling congratulations! You won 99.6 per cent of the votes! Less than 1 per cent didn’t vote for you. What more could you possibly want?” Ram Jhaat Tan twist he mouth tell she: ‘Their names.’ The table cracked up and agreed that Pressie better wake up and smell the coffee.