Resign, Relocate, Retire — Is Politics or Hopscotch?
Jun 19, 2025
Kaieteur News – Dem boys seh these days politics lookin more like a dancehall than a Parliament. One person resign, next one cross de floor, and another one seh he only “step aside temporarily” like he gone in a corner to cool off. Is more like a tuk band with everybody playin a different tune.
Lang ago dem had a man who resign. Den we had one who get resigned – he walk out of a meeting saying “I done with y’all”. Next thing yuh know de man get a letter acknowledging he resignation – which he never sent.
We always had a tradition of people crossing de floor. But it now catching on like COVID. Under Burnham yuh had one politician cross de floor so fast, de Speaker had to check if de man install wheels on he shoes. When dem ask he why he switch side, he seh, “Well, de grass look greener over there.”
But dem boys seh, de only ting green is he eye when he see minister wuk and duty-free perks.
De man didn’t cross de floor—he sprint through it. Dem boys seh if crossin de floor was an Olympic sport, this man done qualify fuh gold—straight outta constituency and straight into Cabinet.
With all of this floor-crossing, resignation and retirement, de people don’t know whether to celebrate or mourn. Should we clap? Cry? Dance? Drink? Or just sit down quiet and wait fuh de next episode.
Dem boys seh is hard to keep track these days. Yuh need a scoreboard. Or maybe a GPS fuh know where dem politishuns stand today—because yesterday, dem was somewhere else, and tomorrow, dem might be in Dubai.
And de parties? Dem always shock. “We’re disappointed,” one party seh, like dey ain’t see it comin. But dem boys know de truth: half of dem leaders more surprised when somebody don’t cross de floor. Some leaders does be glad when some persons resign or retire.
So dem boys seh, don’t bother buy popcorn fuh de elections—buy a compass, a map, and a trampoline. ‘Cause in this country, politics ain’t about policies, is about who can jump higher, land softer, and still smile when dey land.
Talk half. Leff half.
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