{"id":75899,"date":"2012-10-11T09:23:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T13:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=75899"},"modified":"2012-10-11T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T18:12:23","slug":"dennis-joseph-weekly-backbenchers-on-the-debate-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/columns\/just-dennis\/dennis-joseph-weekly-backbenchers-on-the-debate-bus\/","title":{"rendered":"DENNIS JOSEPH WEEKLY: Backbenchers on the debate bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_67106\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67106\" style=\"width: 147px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-67106\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dennis-joseph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dennis-joseph.jpg 193w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/dennis-joseph-99x150.jpg 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dennis Joseph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We watch with nearly fanatical interest the political debates on our TV sets backing one debater\u00a0 or the other and arguing over their performances.\u00a0 There are those who hurry home forgetting their groceries just so as not to miss one moment of the affair.\u00a0\u00a0 The thing is these political debaters on our TV sets do not come from Vielle Case or Marigot but the USA; it is Obama versus Romney not Skerrit and Edison James that ramps-up our adrenaline.\u00a0 When it comes to debates at our own election time\u00a0 we face a \u2018no-no\u2019 problem,\u00a0 because many\u00a0 actually\u00a0 prefer for selfish political reasons to hint or even boldly remark \u2018no-no\u2019 that it is too risky for their side and \u2018no-no\u2019 it\u00a0 should not happen at all.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2005 election campaign\u00a0 I was president of\u00a0 the Media Workers Association of Dominica (MWAD) and at a meeting set up between MWAD executive members and the then newly appointed PM Roosevelt Skerrit we made a request to host debates\u00a0 and received a positive response.\u00a0 I then wrote similar letters formally inviting both Edison James leader of the UWP and himself to debate with a mutually agreed moderator when they could present their plans for development\u00a0\u00a0 and explain\u00a0 how they would fulfill their election promises.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James immediately consented but the PM eventually responded with a \u2018no-no\u2019 letter. I informed Edison James of the PM\u2019s decision and that should have been all and done.\u00a0 However a tsunami of condemnation was hurled at MWAD propelled by the PM himself on a party\u00a0 political platform\u00a0 that this was just a trick to denigrate him.\u00a0\u00a0 Well Ok, then why did the same\u00a0 \u2018no-no\u2019\u00a0 happen when another non-partisan organization made a similar request?<\/p>\n<p>But his fans saw little wrong with that and so apparent from the silence did the rest of we the people.\u00a0\u00a0 Are we therefore to look to a debate-less future in our electioneering and an increase in \u2018sewo\u2019 campaigning and trite deafening insignificance coming through humongous\u00a0 hi-fi speakers?\u00a0 Perhaps,\u00a0\u00a0 since evidently, \u201cWe like it so.\u201d\u00a0 But why after the elections do we the people express disappointment with the level of development and other things?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We never listened for development plans and other things during the campaign, we were too busy \u2018sewoing\u2019 and trashing our neighbor who backed another party..<\/p>\n<p>What usually makes the headlines and sound bites\u00a0 from an election campaign has little to do with development but mainly personal silliness; wild promises and fiction that passes as truth.\u00a0\u00a0 Yet with no knowledge of how, when, and why and\u00a0 where\u00a0 the candidates intend to lead us or even our constituency\u00a0 we the people dutifully cast ballots.\u00a0 Such knowledge of plans and programs could have come through a debate even though\u00a0 just one time.\u00a0 One careless vote in our first past the post\u00a0 system can change or reinstall a government and as was said by John F Kennedy,\u00a0 \u2019The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a boy I recall the Literary and Debating Club which at school was a big thing.\u00a0 Topics that sent us doing research at the Public Library which is a valuable aid to learning but the place is now treated as if on permanent time out. Out of that grew champion debaters at the Dominica Grammar School\u00a0 like Julian Johnson now chairman of the IPO from whose lips\u00a0 I first heard the term \u201cterminological inexactitudes\u201d which\u00a0 wowed the school audience, had the instructor&#8217;s eyes popping and dictionaries protesting until we learned it was just a neat way of simply saying, \u201cMan you lying,\u201d\u00a0 and a host of other talented students from whom grammar flowed unhindered like honeyed water.\u00a0 From that wellspring emerged some of the best speakers who can think on their feet and would not be afraid, running for cover at the mention of the word \u2018debate\u2019\u00a0 but would in fact welcome it. Our candidates\u00a0 however seem quite content to remain as\u00a0 backseat drivers in the\u00a0 debate bus feeling safe and confident that all we the people want is \u2018sewo.\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018parliament\u2019 originates from the French, \u201cparler\u201d (to talk, discuss) and the voters have a right to know that if elected their Rep could have no problem presenting their case in the House or in any forum. The lack of personal commitment which could be wrangled from\u00a0 them on the record during\u00a0 a debate allows parliamentarians to just sit back, collect a salary, drink milk, eat honey, and do what they are told just to flatter the leader.\u00a0 Platform shouting\u00a0 statements\u00a0 can get the crowd screaming hysterically but\u00a0 is not the place to find out about a candidate\u2019s ability or even capability to grasp, present and dissect issues.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is\u00a0 the\u00a0 debate\u00a0 which allows a formal contest of argumentation and discussion of opposing views. In that instance no party would dare run a campaign without offering a\u00a0\u00a0 manifesto.\u00a0\u00a0 As the world economy dumps\u00a0 we cannot \u2018 sewo\u2019 through an election as before.<\/p>\n<p>That it will ever happen is up to you, up to me, but we shall see.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to audio version of column below.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-75899-1\" preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Backbenchers-on-the-debate-bus.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Backbenchers-on-the-debate-bus.mp3\">http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Backbenchers-on-the-debate-bus.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Dominica News Online or its advertisers<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We watch with nearly fanatical interest the political debates on our TV sets backing one debater\u00a0 or the other and arguing over their performances.\u00a0 There are those who hurry home forgetting their groceries just so as not to miss one&#8230;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-dennis"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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