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Ministers everywhere, but when things go wrong, they are nowhere
Dear Editor,
I was astonished and as an older citizen, somewhat ashamed of the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand excusing herself from the tragedy at Mahdia, which took the lives of a score of our young citizens. The letter is bewildering as the Minister takes no responsibility while attacking the various articles and comments appearing in Stabroek News.
President Ali and members of the cabinet have made it very clear that they have little interest in using the various tiers of governance as required by custom and our constitution. Instead, they run around the country delivering direct orders to known officials and local authorities. A rather lengthy explanation is in contradiction to the new order of things beginning with the President and his Ministers. Those of us who have heard stories of these direct consultations, so called direct democracy, find the Minister’s accusation of the Stabroek News untenable, if not amusing. The President and his cabinet members must know they can’t have it both ways. They seek control of everything, of every institution. When things go wrong, as was in the case of the Mahdia dorm, shouting with the power of the pen, it is those fellows in the Region, in the local authority and everywhere else shouting, Not me Lord. They say Minister, you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all of the people all of the time.
Yours truly,
Eric Moseley, MS
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