‘Pa touf sa deba’! & Danny, the IMF and Paris Club
M....ister Spiker is not amused. They have accused him of a ‘letoufe karang’ that is way beyond his culinary skills! But he had time to research his statistics and he came out with a tally of motions and interventions to try and put the Oppo to shame. This is the trick of the trade. When you don’t use the ‘diksyoner gro mo’, you use the ‘statistik’ which speak for themselves. This is the true side of a balanced assembly according to Herminie as he controls the debate. Both sides have had almost the same amount of time to speak their minds. But the fact remains that those with a bit more intelligence will want to have more time for their views. It is only in bringing ideas via democratic voices that the government will be able to get us out of this mess (if there is still any hope).
The lecture that the Honourable Mr. Speaker delivered was to ascertain his authority and take on his mantle in the highest chair of the house. He donned his professor style rim glasses and adopted his big stick headmaster demeanour. Not even a ‘pti Gran Blan’ would come and wrestle the right to speak away from him. Mitzy (son pove leker in ganny blese) had the chance to ‘pous sa dife’ upon them with the racist card and they all looked like well behaved kids in their red uniforms. Ti Frans ki ek zot!
The ghosts of the struggle seem to be rearing their heads yet again. The talk of ‘gran blan’ and ‘boy’ stimulated a walkout. Muddled up figures are produced to highlight the pain to hold such a by election (but ironically it is fine for the incumbent party to call early elections as they please).
On this tumultuous occasion, the mighty mountain came to Mohamed to advise of the escapade to the IMF and the Paris Club. Perhaps we can bring along Siva to the meetings. The billions that he has invested in buying up our property will act as the best mortgage to pay off some and reschedule the rest of our loans. Perhaps the Santa Clause suit will come in handy here. Too bad they hastily vetoed the Mancham ambassadorial role…
Danny’s performance was an outburst of newly added words to the Kreol dictionary. He also employed the fiery brand of 3-in-1 liners, like his fellow Cubanite Marylou. As he rolls his eyes he says of the IMF – ‘Zot konpran, zot pe konpran e zot pou konpran’. It is a very complex exercise indeed and we need to understand that things are very delicate in this ‘konzonktir internn’. The minister portrays the Paris Club a bit like the French Cancan from the Moulin Rouge. We stated our case, we made our case and we will continue to make our case! Hey guys, this is not an easy feat. We need to ensure that things are looked at in all its ‘spesifisite’ and needs a lot of ‘diskite’ to ensure that we come out of this ‘difikilte’. There has to be a certain ‘kondisyonalite’ if we are to achieve the ‘sofistikasyon rapid’ that our economy has evolved into… with a mountain of debt that we have accumulated over our children’s head. In defiance, Mr. Minister reminds us that we have to balance our ‘devlopman sosyal’ with our ‘devlopman ekonomik’ All muddled up to mean the same thing right??
The icing on the cake of last week’s Assembly debates was the impassioned intervention by the veteran ‘Manman’ who suffered one of the worst ‘kalomni’ at the hands of Vizyon. Madanm Gamatis has been disrespectfully labelled as a ‘dustbin’ and she will have none of that. She made it known that she will not let herself be belittled anymore and will seek judicial redress!
Sanmem sa ki nou apel en lasanble serye?? Ale Sesel!