Malcolm X
"By any means necessary": this term was made popular by Malcolm X and it was use to alert black people of the attitude that must be adopted to ensure self-preservation in a system that has institutionalized and took a discriminatory stands against a people because of the color of their skin, an oppressor who have manipulated the resources of the country and in the process took away the rights of the working class people to succeed but ensure that this people always fail, remain in poverty, and practice violence against each other etc. Today 38 years after Malcolm X delivered that speech, and 37 after his death; not much have change as it relates to the black community in America and the advancement of the people. However America have kept alive the quota system, in that a few blacks have been allowed to be elevated, while it is business as usual for the majority of the working class. We have seen Barack Obama mounted the seat of the presidency and now holds the office of president of the U.S.A but what else have happen this people.
Foresight is a quality that keeps in check the honesty of the dishonest and cause men of no or little repute to take a stock of themselves; this is so because, they know that their behavior are being predicted and monitored. It is no different with politicians, especially dishonest politicians. In St. Vincent, the Vincent community ought to be vigilant and keep an eye on the Prime Minister and his cabinet who in my opinion cannot be trusted.
In St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the time when the people are constitutionally required to go to the electoral poles to exercise their constitutional right for the purpose of selecting the individuals and a group who will administer the affairs and grow the resources of the country is quickly approaching. It seems as if the political tide has changed drastically and the ever popular Unity Labor Party (U.L.P) and its leader: Ralph E. Gonsalves has lost their popularity with the people and they are on their way to an unprecedented electoral defeat. Gonsalves has a bunch of professional panhandlers making a loud noise, trying to convince him that he still has what it takes to regain governance of the State. Fortunately for him, Ralph has already taken a reality check and he knows that his end is close at hand. The big question he has to ask himself and find the answer for is: can Ralph handle not being in the seat of political manipulation; for that is what the honorable office of Prime Minister mean to him.
Although the opposition party and the Vincentian community are in a mental state of political readiness, as they patiently awaits the opportunity to exercise their democratic rights, I have a nagging suspicion that Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has some thing else in mind and he is ready to deny the people that opportunity (to exercise their democratic and constitutional rights to accept or reject him at the poles).
Well let us review the events that blighted Ralph Gonsalves' era of political governance.
1. He was proven to be a man who offers lip service and had no conclusive, feasible or economical short of long term plans for the country's development.
2. He has played Russian roulette with the life savings, all of the hard work of the people at and the integrity of the Nation’s bank The National commercial Bank and ran it into economic ruins.
3. He has two outstanding Sexual assault allegations to answer.
4. He has one allegation of rape to face.
5. He has many more such allegation to be publicly file against him when his defeat is recorded and acknowledge by the state.
6. He has been arrogant, disrespectful to his political peers and the Nation as a whole.
7. He was involved in nepotism and other form of corruption.
8. He and his party have been involved in many questionable large money transactions which was made public; for which the Prime Minister was unable to explain for fear of self incrimination.
9. The divisive and divided political dogma that was propagated by Ralph Gonsalves and his party that lead to the unfair dismissal of many well intended patriotic Vincentians form their pose because they fail to hold the same political views as he did.
10. The Dirty constitution which was dictated and was proposed by Ralph Gonsalves but was shot down by the people in a referendum.
I can go on and on with the colorful infringement that has been committed by Ralph Gonsalves and his Party all in the name of Good Governance.
When we review the above primitive practice that was exhibited by Ralph Gonsalves and to a minor extent his party the U.L.P. Do you really think, Ralph Gonsalves is going to give the authority to the people of St. Vincent to determine whether or not he remains in his position of manipulative political control; do you think that Ralph will give such a privilege to the same people whom he despises, at this critical juncture of his political career?
Well let me conclude that the reported criminal allegations and the new yet to file criminal allegations that Ralph Gonsalves will have to face (even from silent victims who now resides in Canada) are more than enough, for him, not to leave his future in the hand of Vincentian. If we closely examined Ralph’s pass believes and customs along with his inability to control his behavior and other passions; we will be able to get a clear indication of his intent for the future.
The constitution of St. Vincent and the Grenadines gives any sitting government the authority, in the event of unrest, serious development that may merit the government from abstain from having an election, the power to forgo such and to continue the governance of the state until the state return to such conditions that is conducive for the holding of an election.
I have a lingering feeling that Ralph Gonsalves is going to use whatever state funds remaining to create the conditions that will allow him to legally forfeit holding a general election in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and therefore cause continual and indefinitely forfeiture of a general election in St. Vincent. What Ralph fail to obtain with the dirty constitution which was so craftily design and was intended to have the people relinquished total political control to him in good faith; not knowing what they were doing. I am convinced that Ralph Gonsalves will accomplished by any means necessary his youthful ambitions of total governance of St. Vincent and the Grenadines by trickery and force.
