‘What a price to pay?’

THE EDITOR: I had actually thought of giving up completely, writing to the newspapers, it seemed that all I was really doing was knocking my head against a brick wall, and maybe this is still the case...we shall see. The CEPEP’s role in this country is surely just put there to amuse the public. There have been 9 (yes 9) people working on a private road, which is no longer than 150 yds long, twice for the past two weeks. This private road must be the cleanest road in all Christendom!

Now, the time has come for the rains to fall, what has been done about clearing the waterways, drains etc?  Nada. Zilch, nothing. But the CEPEP has been religiously painting stones, either white or blue, and planting pretty flowers in little gardens of their own making. They have not been doing any serious work, and the dry season was long and hot and really dry, and they had ample time to devote to this chore. Now of course, if there is heavy flooding in the country, the government is going to make every excuse under the sun for this, but will make no effort to put the blame fairly and squarely where the blame should be put.What a price to pay for “payback time” indeed.


Wendy Ramcharan
St Augustine

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