Dear Editor:

With just over one year remaining in the People’s National Party (PNP) ‘reign’, get ready for the obvious changes that will occur. The political parties will present their manifestos outlining their strategies of moving the country forward. The promises will be endless: paved roads, water, housing, and lands; further subsidy on university tuition, improved health care, and jobs, jobs, jobs, so that you can work, work, work.

The member of parliaments will take time out of their extremely busy schedules; park their Pajeros and C-class Mercedes Kompressors to walk on the tracks and hillsides. Children will get a chance to touch the celebrities that they only see on TV in the palace called Parliament. MPs will play with your dog Rex; eat ‘tin mackerel’ out of your Dutch pot; look at the holes in your roof over your bedroom and, before leaving, take your name and number in order to put you on the “jobs, jobs, jobs” list.

There will be full-page ads in the tabloids and paid announcements aplenty. There will be cars, JUTC buses, and trucks filled with political supporters hanging from windows waving flags, and shouting “Shower” or “Power” on their way to rallies. There will be internal demonstration and face-offs over who is to represent the party at the pools.

At the rallies and meetings, the politicians are the entertainers or trickers, revealing secrets from Wikipedia, sending threats and taking swipes at their opponents. All the scandals and those affiliated with dons from 1962 until now will be disclosed through the speakers all over the island. The country will be painted orange and green, from buildings to animals. There will be free hats, T-shirts, liquor, lunch and dinner, travels across the island and believe it or, not money, all in an effort to sway your voting choice.

Pollsters have started conducting extensive research, preparing charts and graphs, administering surveys using statistics to analyse poll results, giving the political leaders an insight of the people’s opinion of them. Showing the amount of people that think that neither of the two political parties are worthy of their finger.

“Call it, Andrew, call it” was the PNP’s song four years ago but is now being mimed by the now opposition JLP who are speculating when will it be and trying to force the Government to turn over their hand and show their card.

Who will distribute the most handouts; make the most promises; reveal the most scandals; get the chance to represent their party amidst the numerous in fighting, most of all, who will win the next elections? So get ready to do it all over, election is in the air.

Hezekan Bolton

h_e_z_e@hotmail.com