Taino Heritage

I commend to this insightful article from the Gleaner's "The People's Business" in the Sunday Gleaner (7/19). The writer, speaks strongly, taking Jamaica's Parliamentary leaders to task for the astonishing lack of leadership in these troubled times. Here are a few quotes:

Without a doubt, we believe that in its current form, the sectoral ought to be abandoned. We need to come this time with a debate that takes place in a national context of recovery, development and growth.

These are no ordinary times. We don't have the luxury of cutting the cloth to suit our size. The country's unflattering balance of payment and its dried-up pool of revenue are enough evidence to suggest that a hurricane is blowing, and that now, more than ever, we have to be prepared to wear pickney shirt.

We would like to see a new debate - a debate structured in a way where the Parliament picks five critical issues of national importance and carefully debates and crafts policies for the implementation of solutions.

The roles of MPs in this new dispensation would not be to grandstand. Instead, they would be asked to share best practices of things implemented in their constituencies, and to suggest alternatives to approaches.

Amen!