Desperate Demos do the dirty
The Democratic Party has gone from being desperate to just plain dirty. After escaping collapse from a minority in parliament, the caretaker government has blatantly tried to stitch up dying support for Kete Ioane by sinking into the gutter of dirty politics.
Aitutaki MP Kete Ioane is so scared out of his wits over losing his seat to CIP candidate George Pitt that a desperate Cabinet plea ended with Kete being sworn in as a Minister of the Crown, this week. The only crown this guy will be associated with is a loser’s medal, along with the party that is stooping to new lows under Dr. Maoate’s geriatric leadership.
Wednesday’s open admission by the caretaker Cabinet in coming to Kete’s aid is an open admission of defeat already. But of real concern is the way that the title of office is now being abused as a dirty political tool.
The dirty nappies of the Demo Party are now on display for everyone to smell throughout this coming election campaign. And don’t think that people won’t be watching what’s going on. The Demos’ dirty hands on government resources and jobs will be an election issue. That’s a promise.
The Demos’ desperate move, followed by personal attacks on George Pitt – trumped up by a Cook Islands News editor who would make a better doorstopper – will be met in kind with the level of reciprocity employed by the Israelis. Promise number two.
If our morally-bankrupted caretaker government thinks anyone will lie down and take this sort of treatment, the onslaught to come is going to shock them into reality. John Woods himself should be made to walk the plank over his lumbering attempts to comment on Cook Islands’ politics and the Cook Islands Party candidate for Vai-Vai-Tau.
George Pitt will contest this snap election on the basis of his abilities as any other Cook Islander. That fact alone is going to cause sleepless nights for the Demo Party and Kete, who will continue to feel the Aitutaki constituency slip away bit by bit over the coming weeks.
George will not be abusing tax payers’ dollars. He will not be abusing a Crown title. And he will not be abusing his party to fly-in geriatric help from Rarotonga.
He will however, provide the promise of actually achieving results and lift up a constituency that’s been dumped by the wayside of inaction and completely forgotten by an ancient leader and his followers. And yep, that’s promise number three.

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