Submitted by Douglas
Barbados’ social and economic livelihood is currently under threat from infestation by an insidious phage which is more devastating than Ebola, SARS or Chikungunya. This deadly pathogen is M.I.A. – Megalomaniacal Insidious Amoeba. MIA must go!
The MIA phage had tried to over run and corrupt Barbados in the period 2008 to 2010 but its growth was quickly halted by a swift and effective political decapitation which rendered the the amoeba innocuous. However, an unprecedented turn of events in 2013 created the right environment for the Megalomaniacal Insidious Amoeba to spawn and again spread its tentacles into dangerous territory. To those who provide this amoeba with a power source it is time to rein it in. Barbados can no longer bare the damage which this political creature is creating. If left untapped the path of destruction which would be left will be irreparable. MIA must go!
The country witnessed first hand the potentially damaging impact which the leader of the opposition can have on the social and economic gains of Barbados all in her attempt to pull the reins of government from the current administration by derailing the train. When Henry Forde, David Thompson, Clyde Mascoll and Owen Arthur sat in the seat of Leader of the Opposition none of them used their office to potentially rob the Barbados economy of significant financial investments. However, we witnessed it first hand in the House of Assembly on Monday, 17th March 2014 in the Estimates debate. Opposition politics was taken to an all time low by the Leader of the Opposition in her 5 hour rambling reply to the Estimates.
The length of her presentation is not the issue. What burned the most was the un statesman like attack against the reputation of a company which had announced its intention to invest US$240 million in the Barbados economy to build a state of the art Waste-to-Energy Plant. If left unchecked, the information given by the Leader of the Opposition could have been potentially damaging to Barbados securing the much needed investment and could have put a halt on a project which would contribute significantly to turning the countries economic fortunes around. This project has the potential to reduce the countries expenditure, provide a cheaper source of energy, increase the revenue earning potential of the country, create jobs and make Barbados environmentally sound.
On Monday, Cahill Energy, a Guernsey-based developer of clean-power plants, announced to the world its intention to build a $241 million facility in Barbados which would use waste to produce energy. The news created a positive stir in the international media and clean energy sector. It was carried on the websites of Bloomberg, EnergyDigital, Stockhouse, Waste Management World, PR Newswire and Business News Americas to name a few. The news was so economically potent that the stock price of Alter NRG rose by 5.5% on announcement of the signing of the 30 year deal. Everyone spoke favourably of the announcement of the Waste to Energy Plant for Barbados. Everyone except the Leader of the Opposition.
The Leader of the Opposition in her presentation gave the impression that the government had entered into a deal with a non-existent company, did not do due-diligence on the company, invested in a technology which was not tested across the world. Actually she did say that she had based her decision on information provided to her by a self trained environmentalist in Kammie Holder, Infact she even insinuated that the government was brining some toxin to pollute Barbados. She apparently “googled” the company Cahill and only found a website with a single webpage with a note indicating, “For more information, please revisit this site in the Spring of 2014”. That was sufficient to satisfy the trained lawyer, former Attorney General, Minister of Economic Affairs and Q.C that some form of skulduggery was afoot. The Leader of the Opposition unleashed her fury on the deal in a most unstatesman like manner. This is a classic example of how the Leader of the Opposition has been using her position to derail any attempts which the Government of Barbados has put on the table to remedy the failing economic fortunes of the country.
We were made aware of this sinister action. What we must consider is what else has been done to hinder progress in this country by the Leader of the Opposition. This is a classic example of the negative impact of the prophesy of doom and gloom which is constantly preached by the Leader of the Opposition. She has been possessed by this spirit of negativity that it has clouded her judgment. She stands alone on a burning deck being the only person who can see doom and gloom in what is nothing more than an exceptional investment package for Barbados.
Thankfully, The Minister of Finance and the Minister of Environment and Drainage were able to set the record straight and remove all fear and panic which the Leader of the Opposition had tried to seed in the minds of Barbadians and the international community.
Barbados cannot survive the proliferation of the Megalomaniacal Insidious Amoeba across this country. We are asking the ones who have placed it in a position of power to cause pain and destruction in Barbados to spare the people of the raft of M.I.A.
MIA must go!
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