Ramjattan declares it was he who parted the Sea, not Moses.

It appears that all of us in Guyana were living in (blissful?) ignorance. Here we thought that post-post elections violence did not go beyond wounding the pride of Brigadier Eddie Collins and 0.007 Bond because of the stoic discipline of Brigadier David Granger. But now, just before the medals were going to be struck to honour the hero of South Road, up comes Ramjattan of the AFC claiming it was he who really saved the day. And our bacon?

Seems that Ramjattan traipsed over to T&T to talk about “The relevance of third parties in race based politics” and revealed this whopper to his cohorts in COP. We were not told as to whether Ramjattan followed the T&T Indian political custom of touching the feet of his host. We were also not told whether he deigned to consider the possible irrelevance of his “third party” now that Trotman had trotted more than halfway over to APNU. Ah well, we all have to justify our existences – no matter how doltish the explanation might sound.
So back to Ramjattan’s argument for the AFC’s relevance in Guyana. He asserts that “some in APNU, believing that there may have been rigging” during or after the elections, were about to blow the place apart (a “potentially explosive situation”). So up rose the AFC (in the form of Ramjattan, presumably. He’s the narrator) and announced to the tumultuous and potentially riotous APNU multitude: No! The elections are free and fair! And lo and behold, the APNU crowd fell back as Ramjattan spoke truth to power.
Well, if the foregoing sounds ridiculous, it certainly gives a flavour of the la-la land in which Ramjattan exists. Does he really believe this crap? But at least, he had the grace to spout the nonsense to the Trinis – who we know are quite gullible. He also was candid to admit that third parties “have little chance of forming a government”. So what’s the point of the AFC? Trotman has already seen the light and made his choice. How long will Ramjattan nurse his bitterness just to be a spoiler to the PPP?