MP Bodoe: Now is time to change

He said there is now a golden opportunity in the current crisis to improve the country’s efficiencies and to change old habits. Saying the country’s economic state has reverted to that of 1980, he said we must now do more with less and review how we do business. Suggesting that the population is not aware of any economic plan by the Government, he asked whether the population is being asked to sacrifice for some economic destination Cabinet is aiming at, or whether the country is being led by an inept and clueless Government? Quoting a book, “Why nations fail?”, he said lessons from different episodes in history have lessons for TT, including the 14th century Black Death, the Industrial Revolution, and the 1933 American New Deal. He said the book showed that nations succeed not due to advantages of geography, culture or technology, but due to creating institutions of inclusion.

Bodoe also suggested that citizens now have a low quality of life, as they may own a car but are afraid to drive it, even as many other workers now fear to hear news broadcasts on Thursday’s due to fear of retrenchments being announced at the post Cabinet News Briefing. The House next sits on April 5 at 1.30 pm to do the Marriage (Amendment) Bill.