Let Good Sense Prevail

By Delano Seiveright

THOSE INEPT ARTICLES
“Portia, in a class by herself” and “Portia’s key cards” were the headlines of Dawn Ritch’s and Carolyn Cooper’s columns respectively in the Sunday Gleaner of November 13, 2005. Kindly note that, Dawn Ritch was once one of Jamaica’s most revered columnists but it seems that her recent writings have descended into drivel.
She and now Carolyn Cooper continue to robotically endorse Portia Simpson-Miller for the Presidency of the PNP and possibly the next Prime Minister of Jamaica.

INCONSEQUENTIAL
Whether or not you are able to supposedly bring out 7,000 non-weed smoking comrades to attend your launch is inconsequential. The same applies to whether Simpson-Miller is fluent in “Jamaican” and English as Mrs. Carolyn Cooper gratuitously pointed out.

BEST FUTURE
Jamaica’s best future lies in a leader who has an awe-inspiring record of managerial competence, dedication to constitutional reform, commitment to effecting principles of good governance, savoir-faire and an effective and believable vision.

THE TRUTH
Portia Simpson-Miller in our humble opinion has failed in all regards. She has been a PNP Member of Parliament intermittently since 1976 and a senior government Minister since 1989. She has also been a senior member of an administration that has driven Jamaica into a plethora of seemingly obdurate economic, social and environmental crises. There is hardly any other country in the world in which there is prolonged economic stagnation, unbridled criminality, a paucity of vision, a general sense of hopelessness and bad governance like Jamaica.

WHY?
Why then in heavens name will any intelligent human being endorse a senior member of the Patterson administration to sail Jamaica into safe waters? And what exactly is Portia running on other than an endearing personality and a fanatically tantilising charisma?

INTELLIGENT JAMAICANS
Hopefully well thinking Jamaicans will recall Mrs. Simpson-Miller’s management of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, the NSWMA scandal, the hubbub and mess at the Tourism Ministry, the gross lack of support to the much better managed Parish Councils, the dreadfully deprived conditions of her constituency and several other significant failures. Worst yet we must scrutinize her lightweight vision and the invisible team of bigwig technocrats and advisors we all hear so much about?

HOT AIR
With all due respect Ms. Ritch and Mrs. Cooper we are of the conviction that you ladies are getting a bit ahead of yourselves and blowing just too much hot air. Please at least in the best interest of young Jamaicans like ourselves allow good sense to prevail.