THE EDITOR, Sir:
THE SEVERAL recent disclosures of gross mismanagement, cronyism, cost-overruns and the lack of transparency on the part of the Government at the Sandals Whitehouse project is appalling. The very recent Contractor General report in question brings to the fore yet again the issue of good governance and most specifically, accountability.
One wonders why to date no one has been held accountable It is in this respect that I register my disgust of the deafening silence of several sections of civil society on the matter. For far too long, the citizens of Jamaica have been taken for a ride and there needs to be a clarion call by leading civil society figures and the people at large to not ask for, but demand accountability and by and large a commitment to the principles of good governance. It is us who end up paying the corruption bill whether we like it or not.
GOOD THING TO DO
It would do well if Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller acts assiduously in seeking to recover the cost of the overruns and fire all those culpable, including the government ministers who messed up from the start. She should also consult with the parliamentary opposition in accepting and effecting their plethora of formidable anti-corruption recommendations. Anything less than that will reaffirm the growing belief that she is simply carrying on the same old 'PJ' style of governance.
The spotlight has again been turned on her to see how she handles yet another crisis, particularly in light of her ham-fisted handling of the cement, Portmore toll road and several other avoidable crises.
I am, etc.,
DELANO SEIVERIGHT
delanoseiveright@yahoo.com
Kingston 20
Via Go-Jamaica
