Dear Editor,
It is time we see an Egyptian, Brazilian-style protest against our Government to hold elected public officials accountable. Citizens who are disaffected with Government should put aside their green and orange shirts and join against the enemies of the people, ie (JLPNP) parties, special interest/professional groups that feed off the country and the ruling class in the upper crust of society.
Our ruling PNP, and alternately the JLP, governments at time operate like the Muslim Brother government of Egypt. Like the now ex-President Morsi of Egypt, the PNP and the JLP conveniently forgot that democracy is for all citizens and that democracy does not end at the voting booth. In Egypt the democratic elected Morsi government, operates like a dictatorship. They (the Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood
Government) passed legislations into laws that suit only their party and groups with scant regard for the civil and other rights of other citizens.
In our country, time and again, we see public officials from the JLPNP Government(s) blatantly breaking the laws of the land because, as the always claim, "their action is for the good/betterment of the country".
We see the present Minister of Health passing a smoking ban on the nation without a debate in the Parliament. When taken to task about the "no debate" on the law, Minister Ferguson conceded that there were missteps enacting the smoking-ban law, but told all and sundry that he is not backing down. How come?!
Like in Egypt it is time to sign a petition to recall our elected representatives and the Government -- if it can be constitutionally done. And like in Brazil, we should have mass protest against corruption and the non accountability of government and public officials..
Authnel Reid
authnelreid@optonline.net
Time for action of some kind
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It is time we see an Egyptian, Brazilian-style protest against our Government to hold elected public officials accountable. Citizens who are disaffected with Government should put aside their green and orange shirts and join against the enemies of the people, ie (JLPNP) parties, special interest/professional groups that feed off the country and the ruling class in the upper crust of society.
Our ruling PNP, and alternately the JLP, governments at time operate like the Muslim Brother government of Egypt. Like the now ex-President Morsi of Egypt, the PNP and the JLP conveniently forgot that democracy is for all citizens and that democracy does not end at the voting booth. In Egypt the democratic elected Morsi government, operates like a dictatorship. They (the Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood
Government) passed legislations into laws that suit only their party and groups with scant regard for the civil and other rights of other citizens.
In our country, time and again, we see public officials from the JLPNP Government(s) blatantly breaking the laws of the land because, as the always claim, "their action is for the good/betterment of the country".
We see the present Minister of Health passing a smoking ban on the nation without a debate in the Parliament. When taken to task about the "no debate" on the law, Minister Ferguson conceded that there were missteps enacting the smoking-ban law, but told all and sundry that he is not backing down. How come?!
Like in Egypt it is time to sign a petition to recall our elected representatives and the Government -- if it can be constitutionally done. And like in Brazil, we should have mass protest against corruption and the non accountability of government and public officials..
Authnel Reid
authnelreid@optonline.net
Time for action of some kind
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