Dear Editor,
I have read the different articles concerning the behaviour of people who are in government, who were in government, and who are still there behind the scene and I say the Landsrecherhe is laughing, because their outlook for employ for another twenty years is guaranteed. After reading the paper of May 27th, I asked myself who is next. And at the risk of being accused of sounding sarcastic the thought
"Who will be the first one to get a room in the new hotel in Point Blanche when it is ready?", crossed my mind. I am in a predicament, because as it stands now, I am at a lost what to suggest, because since 10-10-'10 the only thing that the people and their advisors have proven is that they are experts in throwing down governments.
They made sure to keep the only coalition that lasted the allotted four years, out of government. and are succeeding in continuing to manipulate this government so that the government cannot get it's feet off the ground. There are investors waiting, but here we are again members of Parliament trying to boycott the situation.
And then there is the grape tree saga. My question is, is not all this on file who started this process, who is continuing it and who has finished it? So if all of this is black on white, why is Doran doing what he is doing?
Are we forgetting about the ongoing investigations in government which do not end and howmany are still not sure of their destiny? What I know is that too many people are not contented with government. Problems with the governor and another minister brings the term "lack of tact" to mind. Like I usually mention, I am not on the inside so I cannot always comment based on the inside scoop, so I sometimes ask myself why would I want to be in there?
It took me a while but I finally remembered a word my mother used to use to describe certain people who she knew would wilfully bring false news to her about our behaviour on the road: "brass face". Also that saying: "If you repeat a lie long enough eventually it becomes the truth". I first heard that from a deceased politician many years ago.
But from my job I know that people who do wrong things and fall in the hands of the police, when they tell the truth, the process is easier and the prosecutor also takes that into consideration. That is why I have repeated on several occasions
"Politics and integrity do not go hand in hand". The Dutch saying is "Eerlijkheid duurt het langst" and You do not get ulcers from telling the truth. With all the work that has to be done by government, they are fighting over a grape tree!
Can anybody explain me the real reason why at least two people with combined salaries of approximately thirty-two thousand guilders a month, if not more, are making a seemingly catastrophic issue about a grape tree?
So again I have to ask:"Irresponsible motorbike riding or irresponsible governing?"
Russell A SIMMONS
