GOVERNANCE NEEDED - TALK LESS ACT MORE

There are those who act without much fanfare, and those who rely on style to see them through crisis. However, style soon burns out like the proverbial torch in the dark night. Government by style lacks temerity and by necessity begins to fade away in the people's minds as a serious organisation capable of really doing anything to bring relief or solutions to their myriad of problems.

It is unfortunate that the Government instead of anchoring itself as a performance organisation, seems to branding itself as one that cannot get anything done or knows what its about. This is absolutely far from the reality, but unfortunately perception drives reality.

The consensus among some key opinion leaders is that the Government needs to settle down and begin the process of delivering for the people. The Prime Minister still engaging in extended honeymooning saw it fit to come to the Parliament to speak about a children's fund, rather than announce a radically new health policy to effectively address a broken down public health care system. Several recent polls in 2Q 2010 show health care as being right up there with crime as the most pressing issues uppermost in the minds of the people of T&T.


Kamla Persad Bissessar's advisors need to understand that a public relations gesture cannot anchor or even provide the substance upon which to hang the health policy of the country. The Prime Minister should have had a comprehensive policy position within which she could have long, medium and short term deliverables and objectives which would have been a positive move, giving people some hope for the future.


It might be good to say that the government does not have ideas, but a Government is as good as the quality of its thinkers, and not because persons are elevated to high office that it makes them creative intellectuals or go getter's. Unfortunately, the PM's mantra about caring for the children and hearing their cries have lost its flair and impact.


The media and key opinion makers now want something new and substantial to report upon. The photo ops and meaningless statements are losing their sting. The Prime Minister needs to cultivate a new image. Spin doctors seem incapable of making the transition from opposition politics to governance. Kamla Persad Bissessar is in need of a make over. The march along the yellow brick road to government has happened and now the Prime Minister needs to be reshaped, repackaged and presented to the public with a GOVERNANCE agenda.


The Prime Minister needs strong willed and objective thinkers to advise the government if they are to make meaningful progress and move society forward quickly.


The Politics of Trinidad and Tobago is not easy. 2010 is not finished and we have seen the fall of two maximum leaders in Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning, the collapse of a government, the rise of the first female leader of a major political organisation and Trinidad and Tobago's first female Prime Minister.


The year 2010 is not over and the resounding support from the public for the peoples partnership in June seems to be wavering in November. Trinidad is in the middle of a leadership crisis. The change of government was not able to deliver as yet, on hefty expectations created by platform promises during the fiercely fought 2010 general elections.


For many years the population wanted a credible political alternative to the Peoples National Movement (PNM) and in May 2010 voted overwhelmingly for change. But the jury is still out there and people are looking on and debating whether the administration will make the full term.


I believe that the people's partnership will go to a full term. But power cannot hold political parties together and if things are not working out well, then there may be a need to solidify the situation.


Manning collapsed because he could not hold the PNM party together, not because his government Ministers were about to defect. It is also dangerous to use up grassroots goodwill. It is too early in office to heavily defend the Government using grassroots supporters. This is exactly what happened to Patrick Manning and the PNM which led to their downfall.


The more that the leadership style of Manning and PNM was criticized, the deeper into the ground the party buried itself. Anyone can justify anything, explanations are always out there to be had, but it is the result which matters, and without tangible results, talk will soon fade away if the criticisms on the other side seem to have traction backed by a non performing government.


Kamla Persad Bissessar's challenge as a leader is when to stop playing with her popularity and the people. Dr. Keith Rowley is a weak leader, incapable of bringing people together for a common purpose. His style of management and people skills are not suited for public life, and his list of friends maybe as long as his political enemies. But in politics he can suddenly turn from being the people nightmare to the peoples fare, everyone eating out of his hands.


The Peoples Partnership needs to settle down and begin the painstaking process of becoming a national party under one umbrella, one objective, and most importantly, start to think as one government. There are many bright and well intentioned people, but the government must not get caught up in total-politics.


Most importantly, merit and trust must return to politics and this must be achieved by a strong willed leadership that is willing to lead by example, and give those who are competent the opportunity to develop their ideas. Last but not least, talk less, act more, people will soon give praise and recognition where it is due.

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SWINGING TO THE RIGHT

The Oxford dictionary definition of liberal is 'open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values' and this is exactly what obtains. Liberals throw away everything, opting to try anything including the stupid. Liberals are a dangerous breed. They live in a world of their own, wallowing in the dream land of the deluded. Liberals are those who walk around believing things will get better if we treat everyone as human beings. Liberals have great confidence in people who consistently fail, see only the good in humanity and believes the world will get along or is getting along just fine. Liberals stupidly believe that the west must allow Iran and Venezuela to have nuclear weapons, that NATO should be dismantled, there should be no immigration policy in the United States of America and Europe, and the world can be one. They stupidly believe that if they allow their children to roam freely, learn to love obsessively and dotingly that life will always be beautiful, absent of failure and unfulfilled expectations. Liberals are dangerous because they ultimately destroy countries and generations of young and impressionable minds with their diatribe of nonsense which gets them in trouble. A liberal is a dangerous person to the world and the philosophy must be discouraged as much as possible. The dangerous philosophy of liberals are the belief that the state must look after you, thereby one does not have to worry, be creative or strive for betterment. The world of stagnant liberalism, where the state prints money if we run out and give it away instead of working for it, is the type of society we should strive to become. Liberals refuse the accept that with the advent of capitalism that people began to rapidly progress. After 1780 the world took off ushered in the Industrial era with the invention of the steam engine and society never looked back. The west was the place to be, the opportunity that capitalism offered poor and destitute European settlers in the north american continent is what opened it up to become the most developed country today in the world. While the United States was busy prospering and developing, Canada was constructing the worlds largest third world nation, opting later on to pursue a similar model of development when they got and still have reach nowehere. The US clearly offered the best opportunity and best reward. The rest is now history. I wondered if the United States pursued the despotic model of Iran, Indonesia and India whether it would have progressed in the way it has today?? Absolutely not. Next time you see a liberal ask them how would they do it differently? The world today is recognising that the dreams and delusions of liberals are not paying off and there is a fundamental shift back to traditional values and the sober way of doing things. Liberals make promises they cannot keep and blame conservative and sober minded people for their failures. The world is not impressed anymore with imaginary characters and people often ask the question, "I thought these guys were in charge"??. Liberals are consistent failures who seek to find adequate blame for their incompetence and ineptitude. Liberals fear a swing to the right, but this is not avoidable since they got beautiful mandates and did nothing leaving people with the impression that they are just empty barrels. As they say in the land of calypso, rum and food, Trinidad & Tobago, it looks like the world "Swinging to the Right" coming from the absolute left....END

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