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Holness: same old wine in new wineskin?
Published: Saturday | October 22, 2011 26 Comments
THE EDITOR, Sir:
I would prefer to choose an old politician who is full of novel ideas over a young one who is so drenched right through with the wine of the old-style politics of divisiveness, lack of vision, corruption, and haughtiness that ours is so steeped in.
My earliest disappointment with Mr Andrew Holness' proposed selection for ascension to the position of leader of the Jamaica Labour Party is his subsequent endorsement by Edward Seaga and Bruce Golding. For Mr Holness to be seen as new and really different, these endorsements would be a travesty of justice.
We can recall that Mr Seaga was unceremoniously pushed out of office. Mr Seaga is one politician that we sometimes would prefer to forget - honestly. Not that we hate him, but he brings back bad memories, sadly.
Now, we see that Bruce Golding has had to be demitting office prematurely too. These gentlemen, for Mr Holness' own sake, ought not to have been publicly endorsing him, because what this tells me is that they see in him traits that they are comfortable with. It, therefore, is indicative of the fact that Mr Holness might be younger but he may be just a new package of the same old wine in a new wineskin. I am NOT comfortable with that.
For evidence on my concern I submit that Mr Holness' performance in Parliament is more that debating; it is combative at times (old-style politics). His stance, for many months, on the adviser/Teachers' Service Commission stand-off, is another old-style political tactic that has to be shelved if we are to be new, different and decent.
LEROY BROWN
Published: Saturday | October 22, 2011 26 Comments
THE EDITOR, Sir:
I would prefer to choose an old politician who is full of novel ideas over a young one who is so drenched right through with the wine of the old-style politics of divisiveness, lack of vision, corruption, and haughtiness that ours is so steeped in.
My earliest disappointment with Mr Andrew Holness' proposed selection for ascension to the position of leader of the Jamaica Labour Party is his subsequent endorsement by Edward Seaga and Bruce Golding. For Mr Holness to be seen as new and really different, these endorsements would be a travesty of justice.
We can recall that Mr Seaga was unceremoniously pushed out of office. Mr Seaga is one politician that we sometimes would prefer to forget - honestly. Not that we hate him, but he brings back bad memories, sadly.
Now, we see that Bruce Golding has had to be demitting office prematurely too. These gentlemen, for Mr Holness' own sake, ought not to have been publicly endorsing him, because what this tells me is that they see in him traits that they are comfortable with. It, therefore, is indicative of the fact that Mr Holness might be younger but he may be just a new package of the same old wine in a new wineskin. I am NOT comfortable with that.
For evidence on my concern I submit that Mr Holness' performance in Parliament is more that debating; it is combative at times (old-style politics). His stance, for many months, on the adviser/Teachers' Service Commission stand-off, is another old-style political tactic that has to be shelved if we are to be new, different and decent.
LEROY BROWN
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