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Dear Editor,
When the prime minister made his speech at the JLP conference on Sunday, it was hoped by many that he would have had something substantive to say. Alas, perhaps the only good thing about his speech is that it was not as incoherent as the one he made at his inauguration.
Andrew Holness
If it wasn't noticed, most of the speech that he made at the conference was spent blaming the PNP government for our present predicament. His references to the wrongness of the law not being a shackle, the "run wid it" carelessness and being shafted for playing by the rules were both stale and misinformed.
Like his attempt at his inauguration to blame the origin of political tribal warfare on the politics of the 1970s, his attempt at appearing like the great wind of change has backfired. The prime minister has offered nothing new. Who in Jamaica doesn't already know that things are bad and cannot go like this anymore? Who cares who is to blame anymore?
What is even more telling is that while the prime minister was busy damning the PNP for offering no alternatives, he himself was offering none. No alternatives for the economy, industry or education. Indeed, the speech he made at that conference was best suited for a church pulpit.
I don't know, maybe it's me. I was prepared to let the prime minister off with that speech he made at his inauguration. Such speeches in Jamaica are usually lofty and far-fetched, so I can't say I was terribly disappointed about his.
However, now that he's getting ready for an election, we were hoping to hear from the prime minister how we are going to move forward. Instead, all we got was another empty speech.
Michael A Dingwall
Kingston
michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lette...#ixzz1eTTBfI00
When the prime minister made his speech at the JLP conference on Sunday, it was hoped by many that he would have had something substantive to say. Alas, perhaps the only good thing about his speech is that it was not as incoherent as the one he made at his inauguration.
Andrew Holness
If it wasn't noticed, most of the speech that he made at the conference was spent blaming the PNP government for our present predicament. His references to the wrongness of the law not being a shackle, the "run wid it" carelessness and being shafted for playing by the rules were both stale and misinformed.
Like his attempt at his inauguration to blame the origin of political tribal warfare on the politics of the 1970s, his attempt at appearing like the great wind of change has backfired. The prime minister has offered nothing new. Who in Jamaica doesn't already know that things are bad and cannot go like this anymore? Who cares who is to blame anymore?
What is even more telling is that while the prime minister was busy damning the PNP for offering no alternatives, he himself was offering none. No alternatives for the economy, industry or education. Indeed, the speech he made at that conference was best suited for a church pulpit.
I don't know, maybe it's me. I was prepared to let the prime minister off with that speech he made at his inauguration. Such speeches in Jamaica are usually lofty and far-fetched, so I can't say I was terribly disappointed about his.
However, now that he's getting ready for an election, we were hoping to hear from the prime minister how we are going to move forward. Instead, all we got was another empty speech.
Michael A Dingwall
Kingston
michael_a_dingwall@hotmail.com
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lette...#ixzz1eTTBfI00
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