Accept criticism Mr Imbert

Mr Imbert might be quite correct in classifying me as a habitual critic but in a small but rich country in which there are so many persistent ills affecting the citizens, there is ample justification for criticism and neither Mr Imbert nor anyone else can possibly hope to defend the indefensible.

It is a fact of life that the truth has a strange way of affecting many persons and as a previous president of this republic once remarked, although my wording might be somewhat intemperate at times, he recognised the fact that I am in the habit of calling a spade a spade.

We are all subject to mistakes at some time in our lives but I defy Mr Imbert or anyone else for that matter, to point out any inaccuracies or misinformation contained in any of my several hundred letters appearing in the press.

Finally, Mr Imbert went on to say that I had made an unwarranted attack on the Government and the Prime Minister, filled with the usual innuendo, misinformation, mauvais langue and lack of constructive commentary.

Well Mr Imbert, the Government of any country is elected to administer and to serve the citizens who elected them to office to the best of their ability and if they fail to do so and in so many ways, they should and must be subject to the highest level of criticism from anyone.

As for the cost of road building which the Minister quoted at up to $60 million per kilometres, (.62 mile) it seems even more unrealistic when converted to $60,000- per metre or (1.09 yard/3.28 feet).