The Editor, Sir:

In response to the article "Christians clear air on clean-up," I am wary of the convenience of this effort by the churches to clean up the city. If my memory serves me right, this initiative first gained prominence in the period of the Cricket World Cup preparations. The church should act as a catalyst for positive change I agree, but it seems rather suspicious that the church, and the Seventh-day Adventist Church in particular (of which I am a part), would hop unto or enliven this project on the eve of the impending elections.

As a matter of fact, with biblical quotations such as "cleanliness is next to Godliness" as a guide, we should inform the powers that be that such initiatives should be sustained efforts and not just opportune motivators, subtly introduced to serve the hand-to-mouth agenda, when a major event approaches.

The church ought to have distanced itself from politically motivated clean-ups and engaged in independent pursuits, which would send a stronger message in advancing the non-partisan footing and neutrality of the church. Church leaders, be careful of hidden agendas.

I am, etc.,

LEON FERGUSON

thegreat1_9@yahoo.com

Via Go-Jamaica