Dear Editor,
This is a plea to the next Parliament to institute the long promised constitutional reform so that elections can be held every 2 years.
This is very important as it seems that people of this fair land only get basic services prior to a By-Election or a General Election. This seems to be the only plan that both parties have,
By-election in St. Phillips and suddenly the Clinic opens and they get a MBS Pharmacy; water that Willikies had not seen in weeks, suddenly started to flow and roads get fixed in a frenzy.
Now elections later this month and : 5% increase for 15,000 civil servant voters even though 10,000 of them do no work. 5% increase in pensions; ABST reductions; government absorbing the fuel increase.
After years of absolute neglect and indifference, the All Saints road rehabilitation, which was promised to start last December, suddenly started this week to be done by the useless Public Works.
And this is another good reason for the 2 year elections.cycle, as All Saints road will have to be rebuilt again in 2 years. We all know that Public Works does not have a clue how to build anything much less a major road.
A monumental waste of taxpayers money to undertake this election road knowing fully well that it will not last past the next rainy season.
I am fed-up and frustrated.
Denzil
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Ah you get a government ,
Ah you deserve 😌
Antigua people like it so..
They love nock bout 😒
I don’t know when they Goin learn.smh
Really and truly this is government by fraud. Starve the population of essentials then call an election out of the blue and outsmart and out spend your opponents then brag about how many terms you got because you have to outdo the Bird family. Sick no F
4 years would be ideal.
Such behaviours are common because the voters allows it..Politicians prioritize “visible” goods—like new roads and gutters, sidewalks, targeted tax waivers, salary increases, duty free, repairing infrastructure, even ghost workers are plentiful —over long-term investments because these are easier to use in campaigns to showcase action. Public spending on highly visible and noticeable areas and projects are meant to influence voter behaviour and it always work.