THE OSTRACIZATION OF RICHARD
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The winner, the loser and King |
From the beginning, Compton
wanted to see the end of him. But he was the most inconvenient convenience
ever. But now, that Foxy is back from the dead to take his party back,
Frederick is going to face deeper, more stringent containment than ever before.
Frederick was actually scheduled
to run the last election as an independent. King agreed. It made sense to
everyone. Flambeau would not run Central. But, of course, that didn’t happen.
Wonder why? Something to do with spine and the lack of it.
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| Is it back to green for Frederick? |
But now that Chastanet is king,
(get it?), Frederick will find himself locked out of the party’s inner chambers
of power, at least until such time as he resolves his issues with the US State
Department. Or never. Whichever comes first.
Both those who support him and
those who vilify him agree on one thing: Frederick is not going to just bow out
gracefully. Remember that this is the guy that the leaked US diplomatic cables
said was willing to sell out Flambeau to Labour in order to collect a Communist
Chinese reward. (Let us be clear that Marcus and Rufus were named in those
cables as well.)
No one is talking about expelling
Frederick from Flambeau. The party has neither the resources nor the courage to
oust Frederick. If he can figure out how to keep Castries Central on lock, they
might still be forced to let him run as an independent, unopposed in the next
election. BUT…
They can’t afford the collateral
damage anymore. They have to put some distance between the party and its once
most powerful kingmaker. (Get it? Kingmak…forget it.) They think they are ready
to pay the price for that.
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| Me? Halay kasay? Nooooo... |
Many think the chances are good
that he will use his considerable resources to make his enemies in Flambeau
pay. After the convention at the end of this month, many are steeling
themselves for the start of the mother of all halay kasay. (That means ‘a
trouble that brings the house down,’ for
those of you in the Embassy who do not understand kweyol.)
It’s only natural. Frederick has
never really lost at anything in his life. Not in any public way. He’s not used
to it. He doesn’t even understand the concept. He’s not some samurai who
understands when he’s beaten and falls on his sword. He’s more like a
ronin-Negmawon-guerrilla fighter who sees defeat as a temporary setback. And
revenge as a form of justice.
Chastanet has recognized what
King would not (or was not permitted to). The party needs itself more than it
needs what Frederick brings at the moment. He is preparing himself to ignore
Frederick to death, making Frederick more irrelevant every time he, Chas,
refrains from responding to the impending provocations.
Unfortunately for them,
especially the ones, like Chastanet, who served in government with him,
Frederick probably still has a store of political fissile material that he
could use as dirty bombs to frustrate all efforts to exploit the growing
unpopularity of the present government.
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| Back when we had it all under control |
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