Tighten ranks to save country

Running away from the stigma of working the land, we bloated the Public Service to the point of redundancy and inefficiency, it becoming an economic burden, reminiscent of the leaders. The leaders past and present have led us here.

Intoxicated with egotistical chatter, the errors of the past were never truly acknowledged, for to admit to error could lead to political suicide, and we were never so inclined to take responsibility a la British Prime Minister Theresa May (“I got us into this mess and I will get us out”).

So who is going to lead us out of this quagmire in which we find ourselves? The systematic institutional failures can eventually see us become a perilous failed state, if we don’t tighten ranks. The political, ethnic, cultural differences must be seen as the thread that strengthens the fabric of a unified society.

COLIN FORTUNE Arima