Dear Editor,
In the midst of the ongoing vehicle scandal, I can’t help but wonder if our representatives are sleeping on the job or simply failing us?
As a long-time resident of the All Saints East and St. Luke community, I am deeply concerned about the neglect our area continues to face. I am calling not only on our Parliamentary Representative, Mr. Jamale Pringle, but also on Prime Minister Gaston Browne and ABLP Caretaker of community Mr. Lamin Newton, to take a serious look at the conditions we are living under.
Mr. Pringle, while you are focused on criticizing what the Prime Minister is doing, your own constituency continues to suffer from years of disregard. The Government’s much-promoted clean-up and beautification initiative seems to have bypassed us completely. The grass in Folley’s is overgrown, and roads within the Folley’s Housing Development have become nearly impassable, some now dead ends because of neglect.
Prime Minister Browne, Mr. Newton and Mr. Pringle, we are appealing to you. Why must residents wait until election season to receive the attention and basic services we deserve year-round? The Ministry of Works must also be held accountable, as our roads are in deplorable condition and continue to deteriorate without any visible plan for repair.LETTER: Are our representatives sleeping or failing?
We are tired, tired of waiting, tired of being ignored, and tired of promises that never materialize. It’s time for all our leaders, both in Government and Opposition, to put aside the politics and start addressing the real needs of the people they were elected to serve.
A Concerned Resident
All Saints East and St. Luke
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Shame to say that this is a community people dwell. It’s crazy that we allow these politicians to lie to us all day and sleep well at night. Tsk tsk tak
Mr. Pringle can lobby all he wants he is at the mercy of the ruling administration, politics in this country is winner takes all, when elections gets closer the Government will start doing lots of work in the constituency to make Lamin look like a hero. That’s the curse of politics
@ A Concerned Resident
All Saints East and St. Luke,
Who controls the Government purse? Pringle?
This is not to defend Pringle who I personally consider weak.
It’s about the common expectation that individual politicians are responsible for services in a specific community.
That concept that a political figure who is not in the ruling party, and not in Cabinet should be held responsible for conditions that are result of the ruling Government’s neglect; is the very thinking and practices that have led to pervasive corruption in Antigua.
Of course a Representative should use his or her voice and take a bully pulpit position to advocate for his Constituents as well as the Country.
Demand the services you wish from The leader of the country, the Cabinet he or she leads, and hold that person(s) responsible.
Make the Minister responsible for services in question; The Ministry and bodies who neglectful the responsibility parties.
Ask your Representative (Mr. Pringle) or who ever tgry may be; to publicly advocate to Prime Minister Browne, Mr. Newton and others who has direct access to and control the resources you need.
Politicians should not be considered philanthropists.
When you do; the moment they are in power they work to get back their money (100,000) one hundred thousand fold; and that how you aid and abet corruptions .
@ country men abroad
Well said!!
Bravo!
Like Pringle control the money,
He can only advocate..
Sometimes we really don’t have a clue 😕
I thought God made man out of the dust of the earth.
It seems laboRATs are made out of glass.
How could a people be so transparent???
Concerned constituents, you are a laboRAT.
You laboRATS find every fault in the opposition while turning a blind eye to the corruption of labour party and blame the opposition for inaction.
You are just hypocrites and liars.
Whose responsibility is it to clean up the roads in the constituency and to provide the necessary infrastructural care?
It is not the opposition representative’s responsibility.
It is the responsibility of the government.
People from every corner of Antigua pay taxes.
I want to believe that the wealthy people on the northern side pay more in quantum.
Not in percentage.
We all pay the same percentage.
We are all entitled to the same level of representation.
Have you forgotten that it is the prime minister who said that smart people who voted against his government should go to the back of the line?
Well All Saints East and St Luke’s are at the back of the line for making the right choice.
If a part of the island looks like a forgotten rubbish dump blame the prime minister.
It is he who has deleibertely forgotten that part of the island.
Interestingly he has not fallen asleep.
His actions are deliberate and calculated.
The opposition does not have access to the nation’s purse.
See how much attention is being given to All Saints West.
That’s how our tax dollars is being politicized.
Because he wants to do every thing to keep Harold Lovell out of parliament and possible as prime minister he has relocated the PWD to All Saints West.
I am wondering if he also transferred the Broncos to there.
Such is the nature if the beast.
Don’t blame the opposition parliamentarians for the state of your constituency or anywhere in Antigua.
Don’t try to make them look uncaring to give the ALP a leg up.
You are doing them more harm than good.
Do not masquerade as a caring constituent.
Speak loudly and clearly.
YOU ARE A LABORAT TO YOU DNA!!!!!!!!!
Look it’s time some ppl stop hiding behind their keyboards n blaming other ppl. ALP is in POWER to look about the entire country not who dem feel like looking after. Everything here is RED n BLUE. Y attack Pringle bout criticizing PM. Put that aside n think bout U damn country going down a rabbit hole. R u sick dawg tomuck now!!!
This is what this sorry arse administration does..the same ole bs over and over again..blame everyone else but themselves who controls the budget and the absolute power of the purse.
This same Administration are the same one who said that Antigua is a economic powerhouse and then in the same breath utter these types of garbage.
Which one is it ABLP, economic power-house or poor-house?
The hypocrisy is stink to high heavens a tell yah.
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