Prostitute?

Disorder in the House
Speaker Trotman, in all fairness, does seem to be a very prim and proper chap. So maybe we can expect him to overreact on occasion about etiquette and such things. But his charge that in the last session “remarks such as ‘thief’, ‘liar’, and ‘prostitute’ were just a few of the ones most audible” from MPs, boggles the mind.
“Thief” we can understand. That, in fact, is how most citizens see some members of parliament, rightly or wrongly. And don’t think it’s the government benches – at least most have a job to do – whether as ministers or otherwise – in which case, they come under the strictest scrutiny. And if they’re not scrutinised by all those parliamentary committees, then it’s another reason why the opposition MPs should be called thieves. What are they doing to earn their salaries? We know that they show up once in a while (once in the last month, for instance) to have dinner that sets back the Consolidated Fund a cool Gy$ 1.7 million a pop.
Some of them even wrap up food in aluminium foil to take (thief?) away. And don’t forget the two duty-free cars they get every five years. The law says it’s not ‘thieving’ – but you know who makes the law! But “prostitute”? Our interest was piqued: were there prostitutes in Parliament? We’ve heard of politicians ‘prostituting themselves’.
In fact, that’s also probably par for the politician’s course – part of the ‘promise them anything’ rule. But not actually being ‘prostitutes’. Were the offending MPs using the term metaphorically? Nah… our MPs aren’t known for their figures of speech. They just say what’s on their mind.
Well, all we can say if any MP knows that any other MP is a ‘prostitute’, they should listen to the Speaker’s caution. Nowadays, we don’t use such terms: we say ‘sex worker’. You may notice the gender-neutral expression. We’re now enlightened and we don’t denigrate any type of work. Every person has their own calling, so to speak. We support the Speaker and we don’t think he is a prude.
Real prostitutes
But if we’re honest, we must acknowledge that the term ‘prostitute’ as a term of opprobrium – applied not just to those who sell their bodies – does sometimes have its uses. For instance, how else do you denote the MuckrakerKN owner Glen “Mook” Lall’s insistence on printing his screaming headlines that “Jagdeo gave Ramroop TV and Radio Licences” when his own editorial admitted these were bought fair and square from Tony Vieira.
Vieira, a fervent anti-government PNC supporter, even wrote a letter to the Muckraker explaining that the radio station was acquired subsequent to a court case in the pipeline when the TV station was sold to Ramroop. In his Muckraker, Lall revealed the reason for his latest attack on Ramroop: he’d applied for a TV and radio licence and wasn’t awarded one.
Rip Van Gibson?
Who’s this quack lawyer Gibson? Related to that wacko Kean Gibson? The fella quoted British cases from the 1600s to claim the courts can’t intervene in disputes between Parliament and the Executive.
Is he aware that we’re a Republic with a Constitution that explicitly established “Judicial Review”?