THE EDITOR, Sir:I AM deeply concerned about the article printed in The Sunday Gleaner about the appointment of the president of the Caribbean Court of Justice. I have toiled long and hard with the issue and I have arrived at the grave conclusion that this pressing issue is another incident which will leave every one of us baffled.
I fear that the establishment of this institution will be the provenance of both fine and dreadful times for Jamaica. I am mindful of the fact that the court will be set up, and run for the entire Caribbean, and I am not oblivious to the fact that Jamaica is not the only investor. I am worried though as to how much we are investing, especially in assessment of the fact that we really have nothing to invest.
The issue that has really astounded me in the matter of the appointment of CCJ president is the rather extravagant lifestyle that the governments of the Caribbean would want to afford him. It is all well and good when one rises to the height of one's profession and at that stage one deserves compensation, but the rather lavish lifestyle that is in store for the lucky president, is more than just exuberantly extravagant; it also shows the state of corruption that fester not just in Jamaica, but throughout the whole Caribbean. I think every Jamaican knows the proverb "trouble nuh set like rain" and if we are wise we will heed its subtle but resounding moral. If we are shrewd we will take this as a sign, as to what will be dealt us by the hands of our leaders, and our new court. How ironic that this our new means of justice, is already soiled by double standards.
THE TIME HAS COME
It is time we as a people cut the double standards, and it is time for us to stand for something. We cannot allow our leaders to misuse their powers at any rate, for it swelters and it grows, and it overrides all logical thinking. How dare the governments of the Caribbean even agree to allow one man such profligate and wasteful privileges? How dare they take the money of taxpayers, in such a time of great economic hardship and oppression, and use it to ensure for themselves their own political statuses? How dare the people of the Caribbean allow such utter rubbish to take place?
I am, etc.,
ANDREW WILDES
wildz1@hotmail.com
Brown's Town P.O.
St. Ann
Via Go-Jamaica
