{"id":123826,"date":"2021-02-11T12:57:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=123826"},"modified":"2021-02-11T12:57:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T16:57:44","slug":"letter-the-people-of-antigua-and-barbuda-deserve-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-the-people-of-antigua-and-barbuda-deserve-better\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: The People of Antigua and Barbuda Deserve Better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has apparently received the Moderna vaccine\u2026 three weeks ago and only recently found it to be fitting to reveal that news to the Antiguan people.<\/span><\/p>

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One may argue that he never had to tell anyone his status and his medical history is his business; however, I beg to differ especially when the Honourable Prime Minister of his own volition created the expectation that he would be transparent about getting the vaccine. <\/span><\/p>\n

He decided to say he would be first in line to get vaccinated and do so to boost public confidence in the shot. However, getting the vaccine without previously announcing the vaccine is on island and giving a delayed announcement on getting the shot does not boost anyone\u2019s confidence. I also find it to be quite telling on how the Prime Minister views the intelligence level of Antiguan people by stating on his Facebook page that people are criticizing him for being vaccinated\u2026 no, that\u2019s not the case Mr. PM and you know it. It\u2019s how you went about doing it. <\/span><\/p>

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I have seen people post on Facebook, \u201cHe\u2019s the Prime Minister, he should be vaccinated first.\u201d No one said he shouldn\u2019t be one of the first but again, I stress it is that manner in which this was done. We act as if we do not deserve better leadership. We can say what we want about our peers in St. Vincent and the Grenadines but at least, Ralph Gonsalves was transparent about getting the vaccine. I noticed the Prime Minister here was posting about Gonsalves getting vaccinated to make it seem it was normal that leaders be the among the first to get vaccinated but what he didn\u2019t seem to realize is that he was making himself look worse in that we have an image of Gonsalves and his wife openly getting the vaccine and we do not have one of him doing the same. At this week\u2019s press briefing Melford Nicholas said, he does not know that the Prime Minister got the vaccine \u201cin secret\u201d because he shared the news himself but maybe with the vaccine to be rolled out in 14 days and people expecting the Prime Minister would take the vaccine (perhaps on camera) he had to run ahead and save himself from such an awkward situation.<\/span><\/p>

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Melford Nicholas also said that a \u201cprivate family\u201d brought in doses of the vaccine and while it may well be within a well to do\u2019s family\u2019s right to do so, would it be so difficult for the Ministry of Health to inform Antiguans of this? To create a public register to ensure the integrity of shots distributed on island? I\u2019m not saying this is the case but wouldn\u2019t the Ministry of Health want to regulate the distribution of all vaccines to ensure people aren\u2019t given compromised doses in the name of some benefitting financially from this? Didn\u2019t the Prime Minister himself say he wanted to make sure vaccine distribution is transparent to avoid a black market being created here? This cannot be done without transparency and this government is lacking it.<\/span><\/p>\n

IF <\/span><\/em><\/strong>the Prime Minister accessed the vaccine from this private family instead of through bilateral arrangements, have the Antiguan people considered what power this family will wield with the government? Can a person from this private family have his or her requests from the government be denied after their family would have provided the Prime Minister with potentially life- saving medicine? I do not see the laws of Antigua being applied equally to a family who would have extended such a favour to the Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>

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I also think it\u2019s unfortunate that a possible antidote to one of the biggest health crises we\u2019ve ever faced was casually announced on the Prime Minister\u2019s Facebook page. Something as important as this is treated in such a callous way as if the Prime Minister was just discussing his favourite restaurant. No press conference, no probing questions being allowed by the press, no presence of the committee recently formed to review vaccines for the island, no word from the health experts. <\/span><\/p>\n

I also ponder why people are expected to continue to go out to work to make up for the government\u2019s shortfall and place their lives at risk while the Cabinet can partially meet online and the Prime Minister is already protected. The country is executing its own lockdown as more and more businesses close as our numbers climb and our hospital resources are stretched. Melford Nicholas said that the government has weeded out a weak spot in the closure of bars but apparently it hasn\u2019t been effective. We are seeing more confirmed cases in a week than we did for months last year. The health of the Antiguan people isn\u2019t a priority but then again if politicians get sick, they probably have access to a \u201cprivate family\u201d who can fly them out and ensure they have the best healthcare while we are here dying. Buju Banton said, \u201cWho can afford to run will run but what about those who can\u2019t? They will have to stay.\u201d <\/span><\/p>

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I also want to briefly talk about the financial state of Antigua and Barbuda. The Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle raised a salient point in Parliament this week. I think it\u2019s unfortunate that the need for giggles have caused us to focus on unflattering parts of his presentation instead of the content. He said that the financial growth the country is said to have experienced under the present administration ought to resonate in the pockets of the average Antiguan and Barbudan. I implore us to think about the way Antigua looks and the assets we own and tell me if we see any advancement among our people? The Prime Minister loves to harp on how many Antiguans now own vehicles but I hope that we are not as ignorant to think that owning a Vitz or a Honda Stepwgn means we\u2019ve made it. Wealth is measured by owning the means of production and with how many businesses plummeting how do we expect people in Antigua truly prosper? Where is the bail out for small businesses? <\/span><\/p>

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The Prime Minister does not seem to be the financial expert he likes to think he is when only a short time into the pandemic he proclaimed the country does not have the \u201cluxury\u201d to close down for an extended period. However, St. Kitts and Nevis which we would like to place ourselves above only recently reopened its borders and has provided its people with a stimulus package. Do we remember when during political campaigns in St. Kitts, our brokeness was the brunt of jokes last year? A man like the PM who loves to respond to people who say the slightest thing about him and his leadership was suddenly lost for words. Couldn\u2019t respond because what the Kittitians said about our poor financial state was and still is true. I understand that we\u2019re going through a pandemic that has been hard for every country but I hope the Antiguan people have the sense to see that we should be better off given the previous years of \u201ctremendous growth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, the Prime Minister announced during his Budget presentation plans to tax online purchases \u201cat the source.\u201d He said this is because Customs officers and others have been a part of cheating the government of its revenue. Antiguan people, do you hear this? You are admitting that there is corruption in Customs and instead of announcing a plan to rid The Division of this malady by doing a thorough cleanse, you\u2019re just thinking of another way to get the money. Why not say we need to launch an investigation? <\/span><\/p>\n

The government has also failed to plug loopholes that could have saved the government millions in years to come. How many government departments have their own building? How many buildings are dilapidated but the government pays high rent for? Where is the value for money? If indeed government is continuous, how difficult would it be to place government departments in purpose-built facilities which may have high start up costs but would save the government money in the end. However, when a department moves from one crappy location to a less crappy location, they want to be praised for doing the least. <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, during Parliament this week, some members announced plans to build community centres in their constituencies and they did this with glee as if people are to be impressed. You have been in office for how many years and up to now, the most basic thing like a community centre isn\u2019t already established? There are so many other robust programs which could be delivered within constituencies to truly empower Antiguans like literacy programs, financial literacy and investment forums, small business training, counseling and mentorship for at risk youth. However, our leaders only see as far as their noses so building a community centre (which they should have already done) seems monumental. <\/span><\/p>\n

I know Antiguans tend to be divided along political lines however, I hope we don\u2019t view this as a \u201cstupendous\u201d argument (stupendous of course means \u201cimpressive\u201d but the PM has been known to use it to mean the opposite) but ask themselves if they do not deserve better from the leaders we\u2019ve elected? If we think we deserve better, when are we going to demand that we are treated better and hold our leaders\u2019 feet to the fire? <\/span><\/p>\n

Concerned Citizen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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