If you so care then how could you risk the future of everyone on a gamble by betting on the COP?
To answer your question Rudy... it is time for a change. Frankly, several decades of PNM rule has shown me that they are inept. A bold statement you may be asking yourself. Frankly, I do not apologise for it when I see the high crime rate, the high cost of food, the immense traffic jams and corrupt Licencing/Customs departments, the massive spending on unnecessary buildings just to line the hidden pockets...
Commonsense tells me that there are 2 reasons for a change.
1) Doing the same thing over and over will only give the same results within the same conditions.
2) The spending spree and other satellite situations will get infinitely worse should the PNM win, simply because that's a licence to them that what they do has earned (tacit) approval.
Now, I agree the two comments apply mainly to the PNM, and you support the UNC. But they do apply to the UNC as well, with the millstone that is Panday being in charge. Should the UNC win, that is a licence for untrammelled power grabbing.
Now, I could be wrong, and the UNC may have learnt its lessons.. but frankly, I am not willing to risk it. Safer than sorry later on, you understand...
I think the biggest lesson I learnt is that Panday's public displays DO reflect the inner man, the one who cannot and should not be trusted. The man as I mentioned before who does nothing unless he has some sort of PERSONAL gain.
Dookeran is a quiet man, but the reason he has garnered so much support is BECAUSE he is different to Panday; his career and track record speak volumes. He has the financial experience to assist this country in this time, and also he does have political experience , albeit less than Pa-trick and Panday. He is also more of a gentleman and DIPLOMAT than either.
Like Scholar, you figure that:
a) Panday could bawl hard, rant and wave and wear red beret and so he is an action figure. Empty vessels and all that...
b) he is in politics for nearly 4 decades so he must be experienced and so obviously the best choice. Hardly... his track record and public profile again...
c) The COP is going into an election with 'has-beens' and people whom Panday 'gave a chance'. Yes, he may have, but that does not mean he is always right and they are always wrong because of that... they all saw the error of his ways coincidently and decided enough was enough and walked away (or were kicked out). But they have experience and a common goal of wanting things to be better, same as you and I may hope it could be... whereas Panday dreams of coming into power by hook or threat.
