Whilst the debating competition between politicians, talk
show hosts etc. continues, the doctors, nurses, patients and staff have to work
in a stadium described by the former chairman of the Board as a dungeon.
No effort is being made by government to sit down with the
stakeholders to rationalise the way forward. The incredulity continues to come
out of the Minister for all Affairs, that the government is in the process of
spending $12m to repair the stadium; no wonder Dr Mondesir resigned.
He is not prepared to sit down with the medical and dental
association who commissioned and received a detailed technical report
recommending the way out of the stadium.
But it would appear that any recommendation made other than
by yellow card bearers is looked down with scorn and derision; and in the
process denigrating and vilifying the authors whose professional competency and
integrity are beyond question.
I will state unequivocally that the late Sir John Compton
who has been hailed as the father of this nation would have never, I repeat,
never stopped the St Jude Project looking for perceived corrupt politicians and
officials. And I defy the Hon Stephenson King to dispute this.
Sir John did not do as the current set, administer
government in the media and on the premise of rumour. What role if any is the
current public service with trained administrators playing in the governance of
this country?
I wonder if the minister who is always on radio and TV with
documents to prove his point, can produce a minute or other correspondence from
his Permanent Secretary and/or chief technical officer which informed his
decision to stop the project.
Two years (almost) the staff at St Jude are working in
conditions similar to that of a dungeon whilst a Minister is playing FBI agent
looking for crooks.
The sad thing about this saga is the yellow vs red continues
while civil society watches in deafening silence.
Saint Lucians, wake up and smell the coffee before it is too
late.
Be more patriotic than politically partisan.
Victor E. Girard
Patriot
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