Dear Editor,
Politics is a beautiful thing with a bad reputation. This reputation I speak of is without doubt a result of bad practices, mismanagement and misconduct of our politicians over the years. In many instances, too, there has been blatant disregard for the people they serve.
The failure of politicians to take responsibility for their actions is oftentimes their biggest downfall and Andrew Holness in recent times has demonstrated just that. A young man who brought renewed hope to our politics; demonstrating youthfulness, hard work and a different approach, has now shown that he is capable of contributing to that bad reputation. If we are to believe that he's genuine about taking a new approach to moving Jamaica forward, then he needs to take responsibility for his actions which resulted in the Constitutional Court ruling that the pre-signed and undated letters of resignation, as well as the manner of their use to effect the resignation of senators from the Senate of Jamaica, are inconsistent with the constitution, contrary to public policy, and are, accordingly null and void. As such I strongly support the call for Holness's resignation.
In the eyes of the party and its officials he might be the best person to lead the party as he commands majority support and is said to be the most popular politician locally. But that should amount to nothing when one who vows to uphold the constitution finds himself to be in breach.
Let us seek to create and maintain the inviolable principles of good governance by starting to put country over politics.
Nackadian Jones
nackie_jonesyahoo.com
Politicians give politics a bad rap
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Politics is a beautiful thing with a bad reputation. This reputation I speak of is without doubt a result of bad practices, mismanagement and misconduct of our politicians over the years. In many instances, too, there has been blatant disregard for the people they serve.
The failure of politicians to take responsibility for their actions is oftentimes their biggest downfall and Andrew Holness in recent times has demonstrated just that. A young man who brought renewed hope to our politics; demonstrating youthfulness, hard work and a different approach, has now shown that he is capable of contributing to that bad reputation. If we are to believe that he's genuine about taking a new approach to moving Jamaica forward, then he needs to take responsibility for his actions which resulted in the Constitutional Court ruling that the pre-signed and undated letters of resignation, as well as the manner of their use to effect the resignation of senators from the Senate of Jamaica, are inconsistent with the constitution, contrary to public policy, and are, accordingly null and void. As such I strongly support the call for Holness's resignation.
In the eyes of the party and its officials he might be the best person to lead the party as he commands majority support and is said to be the most popular politician locally. But that should amount to nothing when one who vows to uphold the constitution finds himself to be in breach.
Let us seek to create and maintain the inviolable principles of good governance by starting to put country over politics.
Nackadian Jones
nackie_jonesyahoo.com
Politicians give politics a bad rap
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