Dear Editor,
Someone once said: "Democracy is a bad form of government, but the others are so much worse."
Too many Jamaicans believe that democracy is voting for a political party at election time. Democracy assumes that those who govern do so with the consent of the governed. However, our political structures (parties) have been hijacked by a corrupt set of people and so more and more Jamaicans are withdrawing from the electoral process -- myself included.
If this growing group does not participate in the electoral process can one still assume that those governing do so with the consent of the governed? This silent group has consented to the crap that goes on at election time and between elections.
Those in leadership who think that we are all happy with them better "tek sleep mark death". Except for a few party sycophants and beneficiaries of the current partisan political system, most Jamaicans are now completely fed up with party politics and the legacy of violence it has left us. Most Jamaicans are sick and tired of a political class that does not lead by example.
Democracy is not just a ballot every 4 years, it is a minute by minute, second by second process which seeks consultation with the governed by those who govern.
Where Mr Ewart Walters may have gone wrong is to single out Busta as the culprit. Compared to his heirs and successors, Busta was an angel. Jamaicans are tired of the whole lot.
Raymond Grant
rdbgrant@outlook.com
Democracy is a bad form of government
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Someone once said: "Democracy is a bad form of government, but the others are so much worse."
Too many Jamaicans believe that democracy is voting for a political party at election time. Democracy assumes that those who govern do so with the consent of the governed. However, our political structures (parties) have been hijacked by a corrupt set of people and so more and more Jamaicans are withdrawing from the electoral process -- myself included.
If this growing group does not participate in the electoral process can one still assume that those governing do so with the consent of the governed? This silent group has consented to the crap that goes on at election time and between elections.
Those in leadership who think that we are all happy with them better "tek sleep mark death". Except for a few party sycophants and beneficiaries of the current partisan political system, most Jamaicans are now completely fed up with party politics and the legacy of violence it has left us. Most Jamaicans are sick and tired of a political class that does not lead by example.
Democracy is not just a ballot every 4 years, it is a minute by minute, second by second process which seeks consultation with the governed by those who govern.
Where Mr Ewart Walters may have gone wrong is to single out Busta as the culprit. Compared to his heirs and successors, Busta was an angel. Jamaicans are tired of the whole lot.
Raymond Grant
rdbgrant@outlook.com
Democracy is a bad form of government
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