Dear Editor,
Why is it we only manage to get things done in election time? I saw a ground-breaking for a transitional home for female wards moving out of Government care. This is a great move for the State to assist these wards as they grow into adulthood and learn to be independent.
The National Heroes' Park is in the process of being enhanced. It is truly becoming a gem, often visited by world leaders. More roads and streets are being paved.
There are new tourism projects and hotels in the pipelines, we hear, set to bring lots of jobs and, hopefully more foreign currency. Add to that word of the International Monetary Fund relaxing surplus targets. We hear that the Government is borrowing much less locally these days, which will free up more funds available for private sector borrowing, for investment, and production which should stimulate the economy.
MPs are more active and visible in their constituencies and in the news. Even the Opposition has awakened from its slumber.
This is all fantastic news, but why can't we see more of this all the time, instead of when it is likely for an election? The timing of these projects and announcements could not be merely coincidental.
A Government in power is expected to do all it can to be re-elected, but at the same time, they should never assume the electorate is naive. Maybe the answer is more elections.
P Chin
chin_p@yahoo.com
Hold elections more often!
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Why is it we only manage to get things done in election time? I saw a ground-breaking for a transitional home for female wards moving out of Government care. This is a great move for the State to assist these wards as they grow into adulthood and learn to be independent.
The National Heroes' Park is in the process of being enhanced. It is truly becoming a gem, often visited by world leaders. More roads and streets are being paved.
There are new tourism projects and hotels in the pipelines, we hear, set to bring lots of jobs and, hopefully more foreign currency. Add to that word of the International Monetary Fund relaxing surplus targets. We hear that the Government is borrowing much less locally these days, which will free up more funds available for private sector borrowing, for investment, and production which should stimulate the economy.
MPs are more active and visible in their constituencies and in the news. Even the Opposition has awakened from its slumber.
This is all fantastic news, but why can't we see more of this all the time, instead of when it is likely for an election? The timing of these projects and announcements could not be merely coincidental.
A Government in power is expected to do all it can to be re-elected, but at the same time, they should never assume the electorate is naive. Maybe the answer is more elections.
P Chin
chin_p@yahoo.com
Hold elections more often!
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