I consider it pitiable that our Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, even as he is approaching the very end of his tenure as the leader of government in this beautiful land, is still seemingly indifferent to factors which are negatively impacting the well-being of the people whose interests he had sincerely pledged to defend.
Here I am at two o’clock in the morning, not able to sleep because of the disturbing, loud amplified music which has been going on since yesterday evening here in Arnos Vale. Over the last several years, this has been the pattern. When we call the police, we are advised that the organisers of these events have had the authority of the Commissioner of Police.
But even if the Commissioner has given the permission can it not be arranged, so that the interests of the persons who reside in the area could be protected, so that they are not prevented from enjoying a peaceful night’s rest, so that they are fit to function at their various tasks the next day? How can it be reasonable for persons who have to work the next day, be exposed to that negative behaviour by persons who do not have to work?
Are we not still a democracy? It is now 2:45 a.m. and I am hearing someone inviting the gathering to ‘make some noise’.
The Prime Minister should no doubt be aware of this crippling behaviour. Yesterday, there was a funeral service at the Methodist Church in Arnos Vale for one of our young, vibrant citizens, and it is believed that this all-night long, loud, boisterous amplified music, has been a factor in the deaths we have had recently.
The Prime Minister, who is the prominent player in our national security should act decisively on this issue. We are in a situation where we need to have our level of productivity boosted. We need to act decisively to create the favourable atmosphere for effecting that boost. Nocturnal idleness will not help our cause!
It can hardly be disputed that a lot of the agony with which our nation is now plague, has origin in the egotistical ethos which flavours his pursuits. So that every element of his intellectual development is narrowly focused on the enhancing of self image. His declaration that he is now the “WORLD BOSS” tells it all and he is now the friend of several leaders of the world.
Indeed so heavy has been his global commitments that he has not found the time to address the ‘small matter of the repairs to the feeder roads as was promised to the farmers in 2001’.
What a beautiful opportunity he has so flagrantly squandered to have made a strong contribution to the development of the people he had been given the honour to serve at so critical a time of their history and circumstances. What a great pity that one of such intellectual acumen and distinct scholarship has, because of his egotism, fashioned for himself a legacy of untrustworthiness.
His family was certainly well qualified to give him the necessary support to have allowed him to set a path of development for us, in which the needs of the people could have been satisfactorily addressed. The skill and competencies of the Francis family could have impacted positively the quality of the roads and public infrastructure such as drains and retaining walls.
The shoddiness of the work evidenced today on the Arnos Vale Playing Field on which we had spent in recent years over seventy million dollars, distinctly exhibits a lack of maturity and pride. We could do better than that!
It should by now be quite clear to our prominent intellectuals, that they need to get involved in the necessary discussions which we ought to be having over the next several months, so that we may arrive at the construct of a plan of action, the pursuit of which offers the reasonable chance for our nation to prosper economically in ‘Peace and Justice’.
by LeRoy Providence