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Aug 21, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
Commendations must go to the two sides that have just concluded agreement  on the Linden Economic Deal, including  a review of the Linden power  tariff issue, that had been the principal cause of the protest and other unfortunate acts that followed in the mining  town.  One will know that  achieving such landmarks, given the very tense and uncertain   backdrop, is often challenging for those whose task it is to achieve consensus on critical issues such as those that formed the menu of complaints from the mining town. But the fact that agreement has been reached, signalled that the will to succeed was there, and that they all rose to the occasion.
For the nation in general, this means a deep relief from the tensions that had started to rise, especially with the security concerns foremost. This conclusion, will signal for the  commerce and business  sector, also, a return to normalcy, with those holdings in the interior, being able to produce without the many uncertainties that had  been  threatening their productive capacities.
But, importantly  for  the town and its residents, it is time to start the rebuilding process of returning  the community to a semblance of  social tranquility, that will support the implementation of the   many economic measures that will accrue to the town’s benefit. Make no mistake about it – Linden must be allowed to move forward unhindered, without its recovery being undermined by the very elements, whose anti-community actions have caused great  discomfort and dislocation.
For the parliamentary opposition, good sense and patriotism must prevail. One cannot speak of developing one’s country, and in the same breath support acts that will lend towards destabilizing those efforts. And this is mentioned in the wake of reports that certain known  opposition personalities are said to be urging certain communities in the eastern corridor to indulge in actions that are definitey inimical to the general  peace and stability that our nation needs for its continuing  socio-economic transformation.
The leaders of these parties must understand that they have a  responsibility to themselves, first as leaders to set proper and appropriate leadership  examples;  second, to their constituents to offer good guidance; third, to the nation in general, to act in the national interest.
Hence, it is important  that these leaders begin to rein in those  radical voices, whose advice, if heeded, can only result in great harm to the nation’s future progress.
Dean Clement 

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