Dear Editor,
Hypocrisy is another buzz word these days, as politicians are revealing their true colours, day after day. It is ironic that Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs could find time to run to every radio station to market herself, but couldn’t find time to address the population on matters of concern. Now that she sensed that she won’t return as prime minister, she is negotiating to be the president of parliament.
Why vote for Rolando Brison, an MP who refused to hold his coalition partner accountable to parliament and to the people whom he was elected to represent? This braggadocio claims that he initiated the most motions in parliament, but never being ratified by government. So, who is fooling who? This narcissist has disgraced the reputation of parliament. Never again should this behaviour be allowed to repeat itself.
MP Melissa Gumbs sat for four consecutive years in parliament and did absolutely nothing. For the most part, she was very much disengaged in the meetings. This MP passed her time by playing games on her computer like a little kid who is bored. She was completely engulfed in her own world, while the business of the people was being conducted.
It’s amazing how her party consistently preached about the issue of change. But what is the real motive behind this change? Is it a change for the youngsters of St. Maarten to adapt her lifestyle? MP Melissa, level with the people and let us know if it’s your intention to go to the schools and encourage the students to be engaged in same-sex relationship?
MP Melissa Gumbs, be up front with the parents and let them know if it is the vision of the party to demand that the schools adopt unisex bathrooms. Be straight with the population and tell us if it is your party’s dream to turn St. Maarten into a woke society, like how it’s destroying America today.
MP Raeyhon Peterson is no different. He too has failed miserably. This MP is always late for meetings and when he does show up, he has absolutely nothing to offer. Probably he suffers from a lot of party hangovers and from smoking too much. It is so sad that this MP can boast about mastery of the Dutch language and has done nothing to elevate the level of parliament.
Finance Minister Ardwell Irion has demonstrated that he is just a little kid, still crying for his pacifier. Imagine, a grown individual constructed a paper plane and had the nerve to look for it by a garbage bin? Then, he rode up and down in front of the government building on a scooter, as if he was still in primary school?
Minister Irion, was your family member correct when she said that you are false; collecting rental payment that should be distributed among the siblings and you are not living up to your obligations? When would you quit going to these houses of ill repute and behaving drunk? This is not the conduct of a minister. It is time that the population hold our elected representatives to a level that exemplifies their positions.
Tamara Leonard is back, still pretending to have God at the center of her being, but running with a party leader who has not displayed any form of respect for women nor the position that he holds. How can she brag about writing books with values, but associate herself with a party that does not value these principles which she is promoting.
Doctor Mercelina is always advocating for the poor and improved healthcare for all. What has he done really, to better these conditions? Absolutely nothing! All he does is talk, talk talk. Why doesn’t he tell us the truth about the amount of amputees that has quadrupled in recent years? Is it true that for every amputation, he is compensated a certain percentage, along with his salary?
MP Sidharth Bijlani is just a rubber stamp for MP Rolando Brison and the UP party. This illiterate was given a chance to elevate himself as the chair of parliament and he blew it, by being too cocky, instead of taking the time to understand the workings of parliament.
Minister Rodolphe Samuel’s time has come for him to retire as a politician. He was just the wrong choice to be appointed as Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. No one likes him in his ministry because he speaks to his personnel like he is so superior to them. And, the worst thing he could have done was to rehire the previous Department Head of Education as his cabinet chief.
Hypocrisy does not blend well with democracy.
Joslyn Morton
