Same thing over and over

THE EDITOR: A local politician, be it one of them or one of the other is one who fools himself with a passion so that he can fool his tribe thereafter. This recent Local Government Elections saw no more than a 37 percent voter turnout. Also both sides or to be exact every polling division witnessed a drop in voter turnout. So it is blatantly stupid for any politician to gruff his chest like and bump his gum telling fanatics, “We Win! We Win!”

The result of the election is a slap in the face for all politicians. People fed up of the same thing over and over again. It is the stupid talk of corruption with absolutely no proof from both PNM and UNC — for those who don’t know only PNM politicians have been proven corrupt by the courts. It is the same stupid talk about buying votes. The same stupid talk about state resources being used to service the campaign. The same stupid promises about creating jobs when the market will be open to Tantie, Unks, Grumps, nenen and bro very soon. The same stupid promises about fixing and upgrading sporting facilities. To fool who? And the same blank faces on the campaign trail even on the platforms. The population has spoken and it is against the type/quality of leadership/ representatives being imposed upon us. If it is not friend, it is either brother, cousin, financier, outside man or woman, compere, wife or husband.

Nobody has shifted from one party to another. People just did not waste their time to give anyone the impression that they are the people's representative or are respected in society. You are only fooling yourself by thinking and saying that more of the other voted for you. The most foolish fool is an educated fool. Politicians are not changing so the people have decided to change. You can all stay and hold on to government and opposition as if it belongs to you until you die, it does not matter anymore for we know all that you all can give us is lip service. Thief as much as you want, you will hold yourself.

LYSTRA LYTHE
Sangre Grande