Dear Editor,
"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." This quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
While I must agree with "honest Abe" on the principle of not falling into the apathy caused by the "harassing" and "bombarding" thoughts of the daily political absurdity that occurs during the process of governance, what we Jamaicans endure can no longer be categorised as good or bad, but simply as mediocre, opaque and devoid of real purpose.
We have seen a continuous display of a system of governance that has been in place for too long and needs to be removed so as to revitalise regular citizens' trust, confidence and participation in the process that only works when everyone's hands are above the table.
We must decide to force the political leadership of this country to put their pride and ego aside to deal with the elephant in the room of deep constitutional governance reform.
We must decide to remove ourselves from the critical part of the process and turn our backs to burning house of cards that has been leading us. Any move towards economic stability cannot be supported by a crooked and unbalanced governance structure that prefers to keep the politicians in their seat rather than the give the people who put them there the power to remove them.
Mario Boothe
m.raphael.b@gmail.com
Ja's burning house of cards
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"Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." This quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
While I must agree with "honest Abe" on the principle of not falling into the apathy caused by the "harassing" and "bombarding" thoughts of the daily political absurdity that occurs during the process of governance, what we Jamaicans endure can no longer be categorised as good or bad, but simply as mediocre, opaque and devoid of real purpose.
We have seen a continuous display of a system of governance that has been in place for too long and needs to be removed so as to revitalise regular citizens' trust, confidence and participation in the process that only works when everyone's hands are above the table.
We must decide to force the political leadership of this country to put their pride and ego aside to deal with the elephant in the room of deep constitutional governance reform.
We must decide to remove ourselves from the critical part of the process and turn our backs to burning house of cards that has been leading us. Any move towards economic stability cannot be supported by a crooked and unbalanced governance structure that prefers to keep the politicians in their seat rather than the give the people who put them there the power to remove them.
Mario Boothe
m.raphael.b@gmail.com
Ja's burning house of cards
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