There was a time when King Hezekiah was very sick and the
prophet Isaiah said to him. “This is what the Lord says, put your house in
order, because you are going to die, you will not recover.” You must be
wondering why I referred that that story. Since the year began, and even
before, the JLP has not been handling internal issues well. Since Mr. Holness
was caught up with violating the constitution, he has not been able to keep is
party members under control. Every time there is a problem, you can expect to
hear it in the news. I am sure that Mr. Holness means well, but we are yet to
hear real substance coming from him that the Jamaican people can restore faith
in him. Those who were calling for his resignation following the Supreme
Court’s ruling, what are they saying now?
Many people think the JLP has failed to distinguish itself
as a suitable alternative for the Jamaican people. The JLP has been singing the
mantra from ‘poverty to prosperity’, but how many actually buy into it? The
Jamaican people have been facing some serious times with the man at street
level still finding it hard to make ends meet. Many have lost faith in Mr.
Holness and have never ceased to criticise him wherever the opportunity arises.
Whenever I read columns from Ian Boyne, he never seems too critical of Mr.
Holness. I really hope Mr. Holness can restore hope in the population and
regain those who have lost faith in him. I really admire him as a leader but he
has a lot of work to do, especially with respect to internal affairs. If Mr.
Holness is unable to manage his own party then how can he manage the affairs of
the country?
Every chance he gets, he cease every opportunity to point
out that the current administration is only interested in passing IMF tests,
while they are failing the people test? But Mr. Holness, a word to the wise:
ensure that you are passing the people test, because the general election is
coming up. It would be sad to know that you also fail the same test you are
accusing the current administration of not passing. The current administration
has failed to lead by example and their wanton waste of public funds has cost
tax payers dearly. If we want to get a feel of how the current administration
is performing, then we need to read Garfield Higgins columns on Sundays in the
Jamaica Observer. His scrutiny of the current administration is on par and his
last column ‘The things this Gov’t does speak’ is a must read. Peter Philips
has been doing a fairly good job in his management of the economy and I must
commend him, but I believe that there are persons who are part of the current
administration that must go!
Mr. Holness has written several articles advocating
solutions to issues of national importance, one such was concerning PICA, but
solutions and promotion of growth is significantly lacking. Mr. Holness latest,
‘Jamaica needs a minister of growth’ published in today’s Gleaner is a profound article and his analysis of growth is quite
legitimate and opens a new light that probably has been ignored. I believe that
he is on to something, but what I expected to come from him, was ‘this is what I
would have done differently.’ Whilst it’s good to critically analyse the poor
performance of the current administration, without giving alternative solutions
weakens the overall motive, regardless of how justified it is.
In the final analysis I will say this: To Mr. Holness, the
people are dying for an alternative, but you are yet to distinguish yourself as
such. As the prophet Isaiah said to Hezekiah I am saying to you, the election
bell will ring soon, so put your house in order, if not, ‘dawg nyam yuh suffer’.
The word have been spoken, Hezekiah responded positively, how will you?
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