It dawned on me over the weekend that Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller is either badly in need of advice or just needs to move on, for the sake of the country, and become a full-time comedienne.
While at the Shaggy and Friends concert at Jamaica House, the organisers rightfully had balloons released in the air in memory of the many babies who died at the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Cornwall Regional Hospital during recent outbreaks of bacteria.
There Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller had an opportunity to tell us that she will never ever sanction poor leadership, mismanagement and incompetence that claimed the lives of so many babies in the interest of politics. She should have expressed deep regret for the disturbing episode and reinforced that her removal of Dr Fenton Ferguson, the then minister of health under whose watch the crises occured, was done to show how serious she is about accountability and good governance.
Of course it would have been a struggle for people to ‘buy’ it, given her leadership style, but at least it would show to all that she is desperately trying to make a difference.
Instead, and to my horror, the prime minister saw it fit to run on stage and spend time with comedians Ity and Fancy Cat. Unfortunately, the prime minister was so far up in the clouds that she could not hear the snickering from very displeased audience members, many of whom are sick and tired of her show. God help us.
cforbes19@hotmail.com
Havendale
Kingston 19
While at the Shaggy and Friends concert at Jamaica House, the organisers rightfully had balloons released in the air in memory of the many babies who died at the University Hospital of the West Indies and the Cornwall Regional Hospital during recent outbreaks of bacteria.
There Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller had an opportunity to tell us that she will never ever sanction poor leadership, mismanagement and incompetence that claimed the lives of so many babies in the interest of politics. She should have expressed deep regret for the disturbing episode and reinforced that her removal of Dr Fenton Ferguson, the then minister of health under whose watch the crises occured, was done to show how serious she is about accountability and good governance.
Of course it would have been a struggle for people to ‘buy’ it, given her leadership style, but at least it would show to all that she is desperately trying to make a difference.
Instead, and to my horror, the prime minister saw it fit to run on stage and spend time with comedians Ity and Fancy Cat. Unfortunately, the prime minister was so far up in the clouds that she could not hear the snickering from very displeased audience members, many of whom are sick and tired of her show. God help us.
cforbes19@hotmail.com
Havendale
Kingston 19