Dear Editor,
Now that the Linden Commission of Inquiry has handed in its report, there is wondering in some quarters as to what is contains and what happens next. I venture to help.
First, this report will be bland and inconsequential.
Second, the President, and his army of advisers, will need some time to examine, re-examine, dissect, and digest for any concealed traps or time bombs. Given their mental state, they will need lots of time to get the final story together. This is even though the report is suspected to be friendly. The President, at the recommended time, will gird himself to sound the usual clarion of dissembling and disclaimers. He should have a grand time.
Third, this report is likely to receive rounds (several rounds) of parliamentary attention; the nation is forewarned to prepare itself for the boisterous and cantankerous – and everything in between. Let the children focus on Facebook and video games during these episodes.
Next, the Linden community will find itself no better off than it was before, and perhaps, even less a place of political interest and concern.
Also, there would be some recommendation for compensating the victims’ families.
Sixth, by the time that anything is agreed upon by the political people, the rest of the people would have moved on to the next crisis of the moment. Like feeding the family, and staying afloat. Nobody will care. For its part, the government is very savvy about using time to get to this juncture. I think this could be by the end of the year, at the earliest; or, more realistically, some time in 2014.
Seventh, all of the involved parties will find reason to claim justification for actions (including amnesia), and basis for minuscule, imagined, victory.
Finally, this is what commissions and governments do. They are good at it. Now it is time for me to to return to where I came from.
Yours faithfully,
GHK Lall
