Lack of knowledge and experience can cause a vast amount of insecurity

Dear Editor,
When someone lacks the knowledge and experience to foresee the outcome of various scenarios, he or she tends to rush into decisions that can be detrimental in the end. However, when an individual is well-grounded, he or she evaluates the pros and cons of the situation carefully before expressing his or her thoughts to the public.
It was quite a shock to see the press release that Chairlady Grisha Heyliger-Marten sent out to thank the majority who voted in favour of her function. This of itself is not an issue per se. What is alarming is when she said that she still forms part of and supports the current governing coalition, as one of the original signatories.
If Chairlady Grisha Heyliger-Marten feels so strongly about this statement, how come she did not get the support of the entire 15 Members of Parliament? This is why MP Brison made his remark about her last year on the “leaked” video. I don’t want to go down that same road, but this is exactly what was portrayed when she sent out that press release shortly after the meeting of Monday, October 17, 2022.
A knowledgeable and experienced MP would have never reacted that way publicly. Maybe she thought that this move would secure her position, but what about the real voting that is still pending? What will happen then, if MP Akeem Arrindell and MP Chanel Brownbill support the coalition in the upcoming meeting, now that she has disclosed her thoughts openly?
Just last Friday on air, the prime minister mentioned she was hoping that the coalition would have gotten full support, but it did not happen and so they are moving on. But is this statement true? Only a few days before, she stormed out the parliament building and didn’t care if the chairlady was removed or not. So, how come in that short span of time, she was hoping that they get the majority votes to expel her?
This is the consistent lack of integrity that the prime minister and her government have been displaying all the time. But because of the insufficient knowledge and experience of the chairlady, she was swept away by emotions, not envisioning that a different outcome can occur later this week. This is a coalition that cannot be trusted and so she is unaware of the schemes that they can conjure to overthrow her this time.
In the same breath, the opposition is just as unpredictable. Never in the history of politics have we seen such impulsive behaviour in parliament. Even though they have voted overwhelmingly to keep her as chair of parliament, what are their feelings, now that MP Heyliger- Marten has openly disclosed her support for the coalition – the same ones who held a gun to her head for months, threating her to give up the position?
Does she still expect the opposition to vote the same way, after her premature press release? Suppose some of them abstain, then what? Again, if the coalition valued her support as they continue to claim, how come she did not receive their backing, to keep her as the chair of parliament?
An experienced MP would have never revealed his or her thoughts on the outcome, to the public. This lack of confidence in herself to execute her task more efficiently, without seeking the ill-advices of others, is a major hindrance to her becoming an exceptional president of parliament.
The fact that she has already possessed the quality to be impartial speaks volume. What Chairlady Grisha Heyliger-Marten needs is to acquire the knowledge for self-reliance, and build on this foundation to create a model that others will crave to emulate.

Joslyn Morton

The Daily Herald

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