Dear Editor,
A pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way.
However, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit. During the lead-up to the JLP leadership challenge, I made a post about a pyrrhic victory should Andrew Holness win because of the strategies employed by his campaign team and supporters. My posts/comments during this period were heavily criticised by some; I was even eventually removed from their Facebook friends list. Two months after the elections, what do we have?
The JLP is nowhere near organised as a government-in-waiting, let alone to be considered an alternative government. The problems which the party had faced and, in my opinion, led to the challenge, now seemed to have magnified considerably. The JLP has disorganised political machineries in most constituencies.
Party workers are demoralised as the leadership seems unable to motivate its base. Most losing constituencies and parish divisions are without caretakers, while those that have appear to be dormant. The PNP has used its two-thirds majority, it seems, to scare and silence the Opposition who, by the way, seems to be playing "follow the leader" and remain silent in order to appear "smart".
They only seem to be moved by trivial issues such as Madam PM’s constant absence from the Jamaican landscape and what it costs for her travels. Conflicting reports and statements regarding the country's economic condition seems to be of very little interest, or is it that there is no one within the JLP to tackle the finance minister on these?
There is absolutely nothing coming from the Opposition spokesperson on crime, the level of which in recent months has practically scared even the dogs. Andrew Holness, it is full time you start acting like a responsible leader of the Opposition.
As party leader and Opposition leader it is your job to motivate your party and also to keep the present Government in check. You have failed miserably at both, and the only ones you seem to motivate are those who have selfish interests without any real love for Jamaica and the JLP.
Alex Barker
alexcbark@hotmail.com
A pyrrhic victory is a victory with such a devastating cost that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way.
However, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit. During the lead-up to the JLP leadership challenge, I made a post about a pyrrhic victory should Andrew Holness win because of the strategies employed by his campaign team and supporters. My posts/comments during this period were heavily criticised by some; I was even eventually removed from their Facebook friends list. Two months after the elections, what do we have?
The JLP is nowhere near organised as a government-in-waiting, let alone to be considered an alternative government. The problems which the party had faced and, in my opinion, led to the challenge, now seemed to have magnified considerably. The JLP has disorganised political machineries in most constituencies.
Party workers are demoralised as the leadership seems unable to motivate its base. Most losing constituencies and parish divisions are without caretakers, while those that have appear to be dormant. The PNP has used its two-thirds majority, it seems, to scare and silence the Opposition who, by the way, seems to be playing "follow the leader" and remain silent in order to appear "smart".
They only seem to be moved by trivial issues such as Madam PM’s constant absence from the Jamaican landscape and what it costs for her travels. Conflicting reports and statements regarding the country's economic condition seems to be of very little interest, or is it that there is no one within the JLP to tackle the finance minister on these?
There is absolutely nothing coming from the Opposition spokesperson on crime, the level of which in recent months has practically scared even the dogs. Andrew Holness, it is full time you start acting like a responsible leader of the Opposition.
As party leader and Opposition leader it is your job to motivate your party and also to keep the present Government in check. You have failed miserably at both, and the only ones you seem to motivate are those who have selfish interests without any real love for Jamaica and the JLP.
Alex Barker
alexcbark@hotmail.com