Submitted by Yardbroom

A commenter recently stated on Barbados Underground, in reference to the Conference of The Americas:
They [ Heads of State ] recently unanimously passed a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister David Thompson by selecting the Guyana President to be their lead spokesman when they meet the US President later this year.
Is this fact? CARICOM leaders passing a no confidence motion on the leader of a sovereign country Barbados, or is it hyperbole abundantly clothed. If it is a factual statement and the writer is to believed…CARICOM has lost its way. To invite a leader of a country which is sometimes referred to as a “failed state” as a spokesperson for the region takes some understanding. The citizens of Guyana are “fleeing” the country in their thousands, to all parts of the globe. There is little governance there and the rule of the gun is the order of doing things. I hear calls of supply evidence to such a harsh statement, I must therefore supply it, it is not from years ago, it is immediate.
“Chief security officer Clifford Peters, alias Malivn, of Lot 48 “N” Essequibo Street, Lamaha Springs, was shot dead yesterday while on a mission to oversee the removal of illegal electricity connections in Lamaha Park, East La Penitence, another part of Georgetown”…
…” The utility routinely carries out raids to detect illegal connections and in 2007 and 2008, at least 370 were executed and the one yesterday was among many Peters led…” Guyana Chronicle May 5, 2009
Mayhem rules in Guyana, 370 executed in 2007-2008 in what should be a routine task in a properly administered country.
It is all well to posture on the world stage, but it seems shallow when everyday governance and mayhem reins under your administration, but the astute observer looks behind the superficiality and will not be moved by mere rhetoric, where is the substance?
It is sometimes wise to disentangle the rhetoric that gushes forth from “some” political commentators. In an effort to discredit Prime Minister David Thompson caution is thrown asunder and the incompetence of others is burnished bright in a dark hole.
I am tempted to ask why is this leadership, this economic expertise not evident in the country this supposed “intellectual heavyweight” governs.
A Prime Minister’s first duty is to his country and by extension its citizens, it is better – and wise – to learn to doggie paddle in a little pond before an attempt is made to swim the Atlantic …Bharrat Jagdeo should be told. Get the basics right and other things will fall into place.
It is of little concern to me how President Bharrat Jagdeo governs his country and the political stance he takes on a variety of issues, that is the business of Guyanese, but I wish others would desist from telling Barbadians and their leaders what is best for Barbados.






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