THE EDITOR, Sir:
I HAVE never met Christine Hewitt. I heard her one day on Perkins-On-Line and immediately recognised a kindred spirit.
Her main theme was that we Jamaicans do not insist on being represented by our MPs and councillors and consequently they end up representing their parties.
It is my opinion that changing the Constitution will not change the way we are represented.
It is our will to hold our representatives accountable that creates good governance. We have been content to elect and re-elect MPs and councillors not on the basis of performance but on the basis of 'Nannies', 'Joshies', lunch monies, contracts and their overruns, free houses, un-necessary consultancies and other 'let-offs'.
When we know what we want, we will be competent to change the Constitution, for at that time we will know what a constitution is about. At present, we do not even understand human rights which is the very foundation of a sound constitution.
Because I recognised Christine Hewitt as seeing things similarly to the way I see them, I phoned her on June 20, but she was in a meeting and she promised to call back. At 10 o'clock the same night she called me and we spoke at some length. We were looking forward to meeting and talking further.
That talk will now have to be in another land. May her soul continue its fearless march.
I am, etc.,
M.H. ELLIOTT
Mango Valley
St. Mary
