Let me tell allyuh something. The government just demand thirty-point-six MILLION dollar from a contractor for one Sunday blackout. Thirty point six! That is accountability. That is grown-man governance. That is what the people in the Diaspora marching for outside the embassy.
But allyuh ever satisfied? Noooo. Same opposition crowd that used to BEG for a streetlight under the last regime now want to lecture me about efficiency.
Yes, the PUC say GPL operating at thirty percent. So? You ever try fixing a engine WHILE it running? You ever try replacing a tire WHILE the car driving? That is what Government doing right now — modernizing the grid, importing capacity, building Gas-to-Energy, AND keeping current with demand from oil sector expansion. Thirty percent under THIS load is more than ninety percent under the last regime when we used to plan dinner around the load-shedding schedule.
And I want allyuh to listen good now. They contracting THIRTY POINT SIX MILLION. From a Chinese company. With penalty clauses. Properly written. Properly enforced. Show me ONE contract from before 2020 with that kind of teeth in it. ONE. I waiting.
These same opposition voices want to know why the bigger thirty-percent number “going unanswered.” Because, my friend, you don’t answer a thirty-percent number with a press release. You answer it with infrastructure. And the infrastructure coming. Just like the road, just like the bridge, just like the school. Patience.
Meanwhile back in Queens my niece WhatsApp me to ask if everything okay back home. I tell she: better than ever. We holding people accountable now. Sunday breaker trip and Monday morning the Government already filing claim. That is governance.
Now if allyuh excuse me, I have to go check why my own breaker keep tripping. But that is MY problem. Not GPL.
Uncle Ramesh is a satirical voice column. Views expressed are dramatic exaggerations for comedic effect.