Hell Comes With The Territory

Written by Pio Sioa
Thursday, 13 November 2008
If CEO, Muaausa Joseph Walters, is licensed to shoot at will, there will be a few people walking around Apia with arrows sticking out of some very embarrassing places. All of them would turn out to be unreasonable critics of the Electric Power Corporation, agitating about the power disruptions these past few weeks. Muaausa is an Olympic archer and with his meticulous attention to accuracy, he could aim and land anywhere at will, on all those EPC detractors questioning the ability of the electricity provider to supply uninterrupted power. Fortunately he is not a person who is likely to give in readily to the temptations of an itchy bow finger - at least we hope he is not. People who know the EPC boss will be quick to agree he is basically a cool headed analyst who is given to addressing any situation through mathematical logic, rather than runaway emotions. Well that is reassuring. Criticisms are always the downside in the life of any executive public servant. The experience can be rather frustrating especially when the opinions lack constructive support for finding solutions or easing the pressures in any difficult situation. But whether it is helpful or not, criticisms come with the territory for the selected few who hold office in high public places like Chief Executive Officers. These people have long found out that when it comes to public opinion, there is little other option but take it on the chin and learn to steel the jaws for every manner of punch the territory throws into one’s face. Might be interesting to steer Muaausa to a corner when he is not too busy, and get him to demonstrate how his chin is holding up so far. Freedom of expression is the inalienable right of every person in a democratic society, such as the one we have in Samoa. The right to an opinion is all part of the checks and balances that underpins the rule of the society we have chosen for ourselves. The angry buzz of public opinion over the power outages from the EPC power shedding, is understandable because of the damaging impact, especially on local business. We too had our share of discomfort at Newsline. Our Friday issue last week came out in the wee hours of Saturday morning, because the power rationing allowed only for the electricity to be restored late in the evening. In the end the biggest stink against the disruptions came from the business community and understandably so because of financial losses and other lost opportunities. As long as the criticisms are within reason the damage is easy to swallow . Calling for poor Muaausa’s head without making the effort to find out the real causes and effects of the situation invites a bow and arrow reaction from the EPC boss. When hydro generated electricity lost normal capacity because the water levels were down, the option it seemed was to increase the load on the generators to make up for the shortfall. On hindsight the overloading of the generators was probably not a wise choice, because a breakdown somewhere was bound to happen. Sure enough an expensive part for one of the generators failed to hold up and with it the whole electricity supply system stuttered and sputtered to what we have been experiencing with some pain, these past few days. The generator with the broken part is reportedly fixed as promise so supply should be restored to normal again. Does that mean we have solved our electricity problem? Not likely. If the water levels are still low and the heavy burden is heaped on the generators, are the risks of another mechanical breakdown any different now than before? The Prime Minister has assured the country that a USD$100 million project is already underway to solve future problems. Well that at least offers some comfort. Hopefully the promise is fulfilled because the choices are either the loss of Muaausa’s CEO scalp or us the public walking funny because our Olympian was deadly accurate with one or two of his strategically landed arrows. Comments (3) Subscribe to this comment's feed Liberal Joculation-- Firm Vibration from the general media. written by Peace Be Still, November 14, 2008 You hear that sound wonderboy for coverup. The place where boys and men are seperated is to show the future the lifetime of the Opportunity. Shoot an arrow, you may miss. But run an energy plant is similar to watching eggs stream down the walls of a damn in Holland. If, you go to an Opera and the Soprano forgets his lines. Was it a performance worth attending? If, you view the first half of a rugby game and the opposing team does not show up on the second half. Did you get your monies worth? If, you run a power plant, as the Incompetant ones at EPC have for the last several years. What does that make the Leader of EPC? Is he qualified? Is he thinking of the future or is he a relic of the past? Does he understand the gravity of the situation in front of the economy, the people, the country? Do we patronize him with platitudes of gifts or do we send him the head of a horse to sleep with while he is in bed? Fire this Guy TODAY for 1 second of power outage. He may come up with more arrows and more arguments to why he cannot do his job properly. And if he needs a target to shoot at, try the dead folks at the hospital, when he cannot quite turn the power on for lack of whatever, he decides to blame on, so long as the blame was not on him public relation hogwash, he press release's tomorrow. This is why the best and the brightest of the country needs to rise to meet the needs of the country and not boys in the service of the country when men are required. If this guy has a set of balls to go with his manhood, I hope the arrow he shoots gets a boomerang effect when he release's to induce quick death. The same death that has paralyzed sectors of the country and The People of Samoa. Or we can give prelude to Hamlet's Ghost, by observing the obvious death in darkness. Ay, that incestuous, that adultetrate beast, With withcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts-- o wicked wit and gifts, that have the power. So to seduce!-- won to his shameful lust Calmate! written by sane, November 14, 2008 OK, this fool has been reading too much Shakespeare... get off your high horse and be real! If you don't like the situation, be man enough to confront with action and not hide behind your words. Kalofae! se please---- written by sane, November 17, 2008 the saying say's---- don't go away mad, just go away! now go get that petition together to get the EPC CEO fired... Write comment Name Email Title Comment

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