Dear Editor,
What right does it give people who have been in government to believe that they are above the law? Does not the lock-up rate for people who have been in government tell them anything? Where is it written that I am free to say what I want as long as it is true? I believe that that mentality is one of the main reasons for the decline in human behaviour in our country. It has been proven over and over that practically anybody who can vote can become Member of Parliament, become a Minister of Government, throw down the government and go home with a ton of money. The proof is in the pudding. One's level of education does not matter.
Ms. Joslyn Morton in her last letter to you demonstrated that she is a boxer who does not know how to "pull punches". Even though I believe that it's an uphill battle. Because like we accustomed to saying "Dain't got no shame". Not too long ago the Prime Minister finally exhaled while admitting that he does not know when last he got good news, on hearing that some young people on Sint Maarten had built a car from scratch. Say one say two. "If he can do it I can do it too" is what is leading our country today and when I have read that an ex-minister of government is taking people to court because the
ex minister overstepped his bounds I myself believe the results of that case is not going to end up in the voice of the people that (because he was a Minister) the ex Minister was right? There is an ordinance which I have referred to in the past, de Algemene Polite Verordening.
I believe that the Minister of Justice can make use of the laws in this ordinance, have the police enforce them and after sentencing make sure the fine is paid or following up by executing whatever the sentence is. There is a Dutch proverb, "Ledigheid is des duivels oorkussen" (The devil will always find work for idle hands). My strong advice at this time would be, that the Ministry of Justice rearrange their priorities where it concerns negative civic behaviour.
Russell A SIMMONS
