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This atrocity by the Ministry of Local Government is a dent on decency

Dec 06, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
There was an irony of all ironies when on Wednesday December December 4, 2013 in the midst of a forum for Mayors of the Americas and the Caribbean, I received the news that the Ministry of Local Government had appointed the least qualified and experienced of the applicants to the substantive position of Town Clerk. The irony was that at this gathering of senior representatives of the United States Government, the IDB/OAS, the Miami Dade County, and the Florida International University, one of the main thrusts was to give cities and municipalities more money, management capability and authority to deliver services to their respective communities.
This appointment by the Ministry of Local Government must be seen in the context of the refusal by the President to assent to the vital Bill to trigger Local Government Reform.  This atrocity by the Ministry of Local Government is a dent on decency and a denial on democracy, and puts us in the dungeons of depravity.
The journey of inappropriate actions by the Ministry of Local Government continues.  Forget the bullyism over the years – Recently we had an MOU signed with a bogus entity, now did the Ministry fail to investigate Ms. Sooba’s shenanigans while attached to the Deeds Registry in New Amsterdam?  We want only the truth Hon. Ministers Ganga Persaud and Norman Whittaker about your latest appointment.
Enough has been said on this dark day, but allow me to congratulate the PPP Civic Government for scoring a lower ‘D’ in their return to democracy.  Allow me also to congratulate the Town Clerk, Carol Ryan Sooba on her preferment, and we wish her all the best.  Notwithstanding this act by the state, is reminiscent of the Emperor Caligula who had appointed his horse as a Consul of Rome. It is true history repeats itself.  We expect the vast PPP propaganda machine to be in high gear in dealing with the Municipality, but to all and sundry the truth shall prevail and the righteous and those who are now victims in the city must not surrender.
Hamilton Green, J.P.,
Mayor   

 

 

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