The Editor, Sir:

Mrs. Portia Simpson Miller has a perennial problem of citing herself a victim of class intrigues only because her obvious ploy is to gain cheap political sympathy from the masses.

Her objectives are as flawed as her assumptions and is unworthy of someone who, as Opposition Leader, seeks the highest position of leadership for the second time and thereby did not benefit from the important lessons the first time around.

The history and life experiences of Mrs. Simpson Miller and Mr. Bruce Golding are similar in many ways, including humble parentage, education, political experiences and successes.

Benefit of life experiences

But it is obvious that Mr. Golding has benefited far more from his life experiences than Mrs. Simpson Miller and is now offering the country a superior type of leadership under very difficult conditions largely created by Mrs. Simpson Miller and her political predecessors - an enlightened and intellectual leadership which eluded Mrs. Simpson Miller during her recent tenure as Prime Minister.

Without unduly accentuating the negatives, the nation feels it has lost the 18 or so months when Mrs. Simpson Miller occupied the Prime Ministership for the comparative lack of leadership which was demonstrated. The People's National Party needs to hurriedly reorganise itself to make itself relevant to an enlightened society and far more useful to the nation.

I am, etc.,

W.W. WOOD

Florissano1@hotmail.com