PAN IN REAL DANGER
Election charade, Panorama Bankrupt. Keith Diaz, having busted through almost every loophole in the Pan Trinbago constitution as he powered his way like a raging bull, is now the biggest shadow over the hastily convened 2018 elections for a new executive of the “world governing steel pan body”. Under the glare of the spotlight of the international steel pan diaspora, the incumbents and the aspirants have represented themselves as nothing short of an embarrassment. And while they campaigned far and wide they have only opened up the gap between the so-called administrators of pan and the growing movement of players who will be the ones to determine whether Panorama 2019 comes off as planned. As it stands, some bands may not be able to make it to competition. Players who are owed money may just take a back seat if they are not paid. If money from the National Carnival Commission’s (NCC) 2019 allocation is used to pay prize money and players remittance for 2018, th...