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I have no doubt our Ministers of government have very little on their plate. With seventeen Ministers in a small country like Dominica, it is patently clear to me that the allocation of ministries is nothing short of \u201cjobs for the boys\u201d to keep everyone happy.<\/p>\n
The way I see it, those who are not elected but are given ministries have an additional task to make themselves relevant. In my view, Dominica has never before seen such a bloated executive and, to me, the split of some ministries in a haphazard and irrational way only serves to further compound or complicate the policy formulation and implementation of this extra large executive branch.<\/p>\n
In recent times, I have noticed the emergence of a style that involves Ministers of government going off on what I deem as frolics of their own, making statements about businesses and individuals whom they perceive to be critical of government policy. This strategy seems to me to be part of their \u201cnext level\u201d approach to governance, where persons in the guise of attack dogs are sent out to \u2018terrorise\u2019 any citizen who legitimately questions the governance conduct of the executive. As I see it, our democracy no longer allows for ministers to be accountable to the citizens of the state in the conduct of their duties. Instead I perceive that there is a rabid cohort of opportunists, hogging the airwaves seeking to stifle legitimate enquiry, with drivel couched in some feeble attempts at jest.<\/p>\n
It now appears to me that the current target of a seemingly rabid duo is none other than one of the hardworking entrepreneurs on island, who seems to have taken on the mantle as champion of good governance. To me, this decision seems to have attracted the ire of the \u2018attack dogs\u2019, and they now embark on a wild baying rampage to seek to silence one of the pre-eminent taxpayers of this land.<\/p>\n
So Jerry Brisbane now becomes the target of what I call the rabid cabal intent on destroying anyone bold enough to keep them in check. They rant and rave and in the process completely forget that as a major employer on the island and a taxpayer, Jerry\u2019s success or demise will affect the economic fortunes of Dominica.<\/p>\n
As I see it, for a minister to suggest the boycott of any business enterprise is ludicrous at the very least. How can you suggest as a policy maker that the stakeholders of a business should be denied the opportunity to earn a living and contribute to the tax coffers? I think something is clearly wrong with the thinking of this elderly politician who seems to have completely lost his way. I could easily excuse this faux-pas as youthful exuberance if it had come from one of the young ministers but this aged campaigner should know better.<\/p>\n
As I see it, we must assess carefully what seems to now bombard the Kairi airwaves as talk. Do some interpret survival of the fittest as survival of the filthiest?\u00a0 Do some wallow in dirt disguised as a pathway to a still unexplained \u2018next level\u2019?<\/p>\n
Dominica was never like that and the good citizens of this country have the responsibility to take the bull by the horns. This joke has certainly gone too far and the true patriots of this country must restore some sanity to those who have lost their minds. We cannot allow Ministers to get away with irresponsible statements with impunity. We have to hold our executive accountable to the people at all times. We should begin by making an example of anyone who is now comfortable with the bastardisation of our ethics and morals.<\/p>\n
Do we have the leadership to send this clear message or will we be intoxicated with more lip service as we continue building our monument to nothingness?<\/p>\n
NOTE: This article was published in last week’s edition of The Chronicle newspaper, which has given Dominica News Online permission to republish. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the views of the management and staff of Dominica News Online and its parent company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I have no doubt our Ministers of government have very little on their plate. With seventeen Ministers in a small country like Dominica, it is patently clear to me that the allocation of ministries is nothing short of \u201cjobs for…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":22107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commentary"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n