Blame bureaucrats for failed governance

Dear Editor,

We tend to blame our politicians for our failed government(s) but I think it is time we stop and put most of the blame where it should go, and that is at the feet of the bureaucrats in government.

We see them in all the ministries and some of the executive agencies. Politicians come and go, and whenever they get into office they are guided, advised and counselled by these bureaucrats. They are usually not forward-thinking professionals, they are paper pushers that subscribe to the same old archaic status quo. They and the incoming politicians quickly form a bond that benefits and enriches them from the chronic failure in our government. The old politicians, the 'lifers', and the bureaucrats make this failure in government an art form.

A forward thinking arm of government would already be reviewing the structures that allowed the light bulb project to have been managed the way it was, costing taxpayers millions without equal benefit.

Bad politicians are hiding behind these bureaucrats; others becoming the scapegoats. That is how I see it.

Politicians come and go, the bureaucrats we have forever, blame them.

Authnel Reid

authnelreid@optonline.net

Blame bureaucrats for failed governance

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