Letter : Dear Sirs, I am tired of the arrogance that characterizes the body politic in our beloved country. When a Minister can claim that they cannot live in squalor as a valid explanation for spending over J$50 million on the renovation of a house; when our Prime Minister can validate the arrangement of a deal that should have been passed by Cabinet by claiming that it was a good deal, with not even a slap on the wrist for those who have totally disregarded the checks and balances that should govern our legislature. When one Minister feels it is of utmost importance to correct the public on the pronunciation of the name of a known area leader and an alleged criminal. Jamaica, we have a problem! This is not the time for campaigning this is the time to build Jamaica Land We Love. In this time of crisis, where we have a “free” health care system where our doctors do not seem to be equipped to treat gallstones we are reducing budget allocation for the development of our health system. But it is the norm I guess because who doesn’t have overseas health coverage? It is evident that the government believes that our “free” education system is not working, because obviously the entire Jamaican populace is illiterate and unable to grasp the fact that we are being treated with the utmost disrespect! For the first time I long for the traditional role of the Opposition, to oppose! Why the silence. Gather yourselves together. It is not the time to sit twiddling your thumbs waiting for the country to place you in the driver’s seat. Your silence leads us to a state of despair, detachment and desolation. My fellow Jamaicans I know that you share my thoughts, I hear you crying out. Let us remember that the positions of leadership in this country were established for the leaders to serve Jamaica, not the other way around! Unless you are an area leader and that is a whole other story. I am etc. KD Smith
The People first and foremost have to wake up from this slumber and demand the respect that has been stripped and taken away from us for generations now! THE INDIVIDUALS still benefiting from exposure to tertiary level education, although it looks dim, should take responsibility for assisting in rescuing this critically injured country from the clutches of this political monster.
ReplyDelete"For the first time I long for the traditional role of the Opposition, to oppose!" One of the realest statements i've heard about politics in a while... Politicians r not in power for the love of the people or the country. Politicians r in power because of the love of money, n they r earnin that in or out of power so y oppose. Sometimes i wonder if they dont come out of their plush air conditioned mansions,step out of their sleek overpriced rides, tek off the designer Gucci shades n take a long hard look at what is happenin to our beautiful island. N not jus see it with their eyes but if it would pierce the stone plate lodged in their chests that (only medically) passes for a heart. And so many of our people truly seem to be dead asleep or have been cast under a spell or have thrown their hands up in despair n have sank into the black pit of depression n refuse to claw their way out. We talk so much about how slavery has affected us negatively, well here is my question, where is the determination, n that fierce will to fight for our right n freedom that our ancestors had??? You are so right, the educated ones who see the problem need to stand up n take responsibility, dont run away when things seem rough. If our ancestors had done what we are choosing to do today, then its sad to say but maybe Jamiaca would still be enslaved
ReplyDeleteyou know I agree although I believe we are still enslaved just in a different way, they took off the shackles and gave us two colours that are currently enslaving us just the same. WHAT DID EVERYBODY FIGHT and DIE FOR REALLY? Slave Masters left but Gordon House came in.
ReplyDeleteSo tru... i suppose its as much mental slavery as it is mental stupidity
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