One al­ways knows when elec­tions are in the air. The would-be's, would-like-to-be and have-beens start to come out of their in­se­cure cor­ners and seek to per­suade cit­i­zens in­to be­liev­ing that they have the coun­try at heart.And now with both the Ch­agua­nas West by-elec­tion and soon, lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tion due, up pops Dr Kirk Meighoo and his De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Na­tion­al As­sem­bly (DNA) par­ty, com­ing out of what seemed like po­lit­i­cal obliv­ion to con­test the Ch­agua­nas West by-elec­tion.

The ques­tion has to be asked, "Is Dr Meighoo re­al­ly se­ri­ous?" The last time we heard or saw him was in the 2010 elec­tions and be­fore that some time in 2008. At that time he al­so told us that "he was not ready to say who the ex­ec­u­tive mem­bers of his DNA were," and now the same old tune is be­ing sung. Could this be the start of game-show pol­i­tics, or is he wait­ing for a part­ner to "Let's make a deal?"

With the Ch­agua­nas West by-elec­tion to be held on Ju­ly 29, Dr Meighoo is yet to mea­sure his sup­port but is "qui­et­ly prepar­ing for the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tion," as he sees his DNA par­ty as rep­re­sen­ta­tive of a new era of pol­i­tics and for all "who are fed up of the bac­cha­nal and con­fu­sion and cor­rup­tion and the old era.""A new era of pol­i­tics," where did I hear that be­fore? Per­haps Dr Meighoo should con­sid­er a bye-bye elec­tion in­stead.

C Pe­ters

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