Dear Editor,
A great nation stands on a solid platform when it can come together despite personal beliefs, political affiliation, race and gender to build its firm foundation. One would have thought that our leaders would have done this considering the shaky and fragile state our country is in.
For years this country have been heading down a path of unwavering low productivity, coupled by corruption and poor decision-making by our leaders. Yet we somehow continue to place our confidence in hands of these politicians who sit on both sides of the aisle.
Despite which party is in power, I give no support for incompetence, excuses, promises, and lack of vision. I give no support to a party that was in power for 18 years, but somehow used it as an excuse to say they inherited the debt and ironically played no part in the huge amount.
Likewise, I share no sentiment for a party and their representatives who, because they are not in power, sit down in Parliament and watch idly as the country runs to wreck.
It's not even a general election year and we have both parties masquerading through the hills and valleys of this country seeking to re-energise the masses to support them.
Now you tell me this, when a mother can't find lunch money for her children or food for the dinner table do you think politics is a priority for her? Or a father who somehow was made redundant because the company he worked for downsized, do you think politics is his saving grace?
Our leaders somehow don't see the importance of fixing the country now, and coming together to balance this land of ours before we capsize. Too long we are sitting waiting for a change to happen, too long we have been hoping that it's going to be one of the political parties. It can happen when the JLP is in Opposition. It can and must happen now with both parties putting politics aside and deciding to make Jamaica work.
Jumoke S Patrick
jamokep@gmail.com
No better herring...
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A great nation stands on a solid platform when it can come together despite personal beliefs, political affiliation, race and gender to build its firm foundation. One would have thought that our leaders would have done this considering the shaky and fragile state our country is in.
For years this country have been heading down a path of unwavering low productivity, coupled by corruption and poor decision-making by our leaders. Yet we somehow continue to place our confidence in hands of these politicians who sit on both sides of the aisle.
Despite which party is in power, I give no support for incompetence, excuses, promises, and lack of vision. I give no support to a party that was in power for 18 years, but somehow used it as an excuse to say they inherited the debt and ironically played no part in the huge amount.
Likewise, I share no sentiment for a party and their representatives who, because they are not in power, sit down in Parliament and watch idly as the country runs to wreck.
It's not even a general election year and we have both parties masquerading through the hills and valleys of this country seeking to re-energise the masses to support them.
Now you tell me this, when a mother can't find lunch money for her children or food for the dinner table do you think politics is a priority for her? Or a father who somehow was made redundant because the company he worked for downsized, do you think politics is his saving grace?
Our leaders somehow don't see the importance of fixing the country now, and coming together to balance this land of ours before we capsize. Too long we are sitting waiting for a change to happen, too long we have been hoping that it's going to be one of the political parties. It can happen when the JLP is in Opposition. It can and must happen now with both parties putting politics aside and deciding to make Jamaica work.
Jumoke S Patrick
jamokep@gmail.com
No better herring...
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