Dear Editor,
The less I see of the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness the more I like him. I arrived at that conclusion after watching his "Alice in Wonderland-like" performance on Cliff Hughes' Impact the other evening .
Just in case one wonders why I watched the programme, given my view of Holness, let me state I was with a group so I had to sit through the interview in mental torture.
The matter of the moment -- the granting of a contract to EWI — seemed to be easy fodder for Holness to chew up. But, in his haste to score political points, he took the viewers on a merry-go-round.
For instance, he suggested that the matter should be taken over by the already overworked prime minister, whom he accused of 'over-travelling'. That would be disastrous.
I believe that a matter of such importance should be handled by the minister, because it is he who the people elected and, should the project fail, he will be held accountable by way of the ballot when the right time comes; not small groups like the PSOJ and JMA.
Paulwell's point is that he favoured EWI as they came in at the lowest price and they were the only bidder that guaranteed the use of LNG; as other companies with Jamaican connections were going to use more expensive generating facilities which use oil.
Ken Spencer
Kingston 8
ken3_1999@yahoo.com
Energy issue is not open for points-scoring
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The less I see of the Leader of the Opposition Andrew Holness the more I like him. I arrived at that conclusion after watching his "Alice in Wonderland-like" performance on Cliff Hughes' Impact the other evening .
Just in case one wonders why I watched the programme, given my view of Holness, let me state I was with a group so I had to sit through the interview in mental torture.
The matter of the moment -- the granting of a contract to EWI — seemed to be easy fodder for Holness to chew up. But, in his haste to score political points, he took the viewers on a merry-go-round.
For instance, he suggested that the matter should be taken over by the already overworked prime minister, whom he accused of 'over-travelling'. That would be disastrous.
I believe that a matter of such importance should be handled by the minister, because it is he who the people elected and, should the project fail, he will be held accountable by way of the ballot when the right time comes; not small groups like the PSOJ and JMA.
Paulwell's point is that he favoured EWI as they came in at the lowest price and they were the only bidder that guaranteed the use of LNG; as other companies with Jamaican connections were going to use more expensive generating facilities which use oil.
Ken Spencer
Kingston 8
ken3_1999@yahoo.com
Energy issue is not open for points-scoring
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