The Editor, Sir:
On Driving through the inner-city communities that are considered PNP strongholds, I was rather displeased with the parading of small children decked in their orange outfits, waiting for the buses to take them to Half-Way Tree for the party's mass rally. What was even more surprising is the fact that the Prime Minister welcomed these children in her opening remarks.
I strongly believe that politics and political meetings should be limited to those who have the right to participate in elections, citizens 18 years old and over. I do not think that children should be participants in any political party, much more to be parading in party colours and attending meetings.
One of the comrades who spoke at the Sunday meeting mentioned that Jamaica has three universities, making reference to progress. I would like to correct him by saying that Jamaica has more than three universities. However, these universities have minimum requirements that only a minority of high school graduates can attain, and a majority of these students cannot afford to attend, even with the aid of students' loan.
I believe that after 18 years of governing a country, measures should have been implemented to educate the country's greatest resource, its people.
I am, etc.,
Teisha Williams
teishawilliams@hotmail.com
Portmore, St. Catherine
National disgraceThe Editor, Sir:
It is surely a national disgrace that, after 45 years of nationhood, significant sections of the Jamaican electorate are still uneducated. Contrast Jamaica's lack of progress with Barbados' First World status!
What have successive governments been doing with Jamaica and with the taxpayers' money over the last 45 years?
Is it not time for a government that is "For the People?" Some day, the people of Jamaica are going to lose patience with their politicians.
Is there anything more terrible than an angry Jamaican?
Maybe it's time for both political parties to get together in a serious and historic effort to seriously and effectively address the crime issue and to improve the standard of living and quality of lives of the Jamaican people. That is, after all, what they are being paid to do!
What are they waiting for ... anger and bloodshed?
I am, etc.,
A. G. Gumbs
