UPP says reshuffle at Moe is scapegoating

Browne Administration scapegoats civil servants to cover ministerial incompetence

Once again, the Nation is witnessing the Browne Administration’s tired, cynical playbook: When things go wrong, blame everyone else, especially the hardworking public servants, while shielding failed ministers from the consequences of their incompetence.

The recent reshuffle in the Ministry of Education is not a bold step forward.  It is a cowardly retreat from accountability.  Instead of addressing the blatant mismanagement that led to the teachers’ industrial action and payment fiasco, Prime Minister Gaston Browne has chosen to throw permanent secretaries and senior civil servants under the bus. This is not reform; it is pure politics of deflection. It is not just a reshuffle; it is a reshuffling of blame.

Let us be clear: civil servants implement the decisions of their ministers. If policies fail or departments falter, the buck stops with the ministers and, ultimately, with the prime minister, himself.  But, true to form, this Administration continues to protect weak political leadership while sacrificing dedicated professionals.

This is a pattern of governance that is reckless, corrosive, and dangerous to the public service. It demoralizes our institutions, discourages initiative, and tells civil servants that loyalty and service mean nothing when the political heat turns up.

Compare this to the leadership the United Progressive Party (UPP) offers: We believe in empowering professionals, not undermining them.  We will hold ministers accountable, not above the law. We lead from the front, not from behind smokescreens and gutter-radio presentations crafted to distract from failure.

The people deserve a government that takes responsibility; not one that scapegoats. They deserve leadership that lifts up our institutions; not one that uses them as shields to hide ministerial failure. They deserve results; not excuses. Therefore, the time has come for a new era of leadership, one rooted in integrity, accountability, and genuine public service.

That is the leadership the United Progressive Party offers.

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