By KNEWS

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Talk Less, Answer More!

Sep 22, 2025
Dem Boys Seh, Features / Columnists

Dem boys seh press conference does normally follow one holy order. De man or lady who hosting does give a lil opening statement – short, sweet, and to de point. After that, de reporters does get to fire dem question like is rapid-fire at a police shooting range. Simple, neat, everybody happy.

But Guyana always got to be different. De other day, almost a miracle almost happen. Before de host even get to read de opening script, questions were almost invited from the sitting media corps. Some people call it a lapse, but dem boys seh it might have been a blessing if de questions did come before the opening statement.

Because leh we be honest: who really listening to dem opening statement these days? It suppose to be short, but instead it turn into one long, winding sermon. By de time de man done, half of de press pack already gone into REM sleep, snoring soft like lullaby. De poor cameraman does wake up wid one jolt when he tripod nearly topple.

An, is not like de questions does be based upon de statement. No, bai. De journalists sit down deh itching fuh ask about road, school, crime, sugar, or who thief what. But de statement does start off about “strategic development initiative in alignment wid transformational vision” and end off wid “we continue to pursue a people-centered approach.” All de while, people stomach grumbling louder than de microphone.

So dem boys seh maybe Guyana invent something new—skip de opening statement and go straight to de questions. Save time, save battery, save journalists from narcolepsy. After all, a press conference is fuh de press, not fuh preach.

De truth is, de longer de statement, de less confidence de speaker got in facing de real question. And everybody know it. So next time, leh dem cut out de lullaby and face de music. Talk less, answer more. That is de real press freedom.

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