The Real Enemy of the state?

I  must weigh in on an issue that has been making the news whereby Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller was heard on public media referring to opposition leader Andrew Holness as the “enemy of the State” , If I didn't know before that our Prime Minister was completely daft of all reason I certainly know now, it’s not the first time that sister P has been known to place her foot in her mouth with her ridiculous politically motivated comments but my God this one definitely takes the cake, even I thought she had better sense, they’ll be talking about this one for years to come.

                            

Needless to say several members and supporters of the Jamaica Labour Party were incensed and rightly so, the Prime Minister’s comments were extremely repugnant and if interpreted the wrong way could be construed to mean an accusation of treason against the opposition leader that would have been cause for concern, as such the JLP demanded that she withdraw the comments immediately and apologize (Holness himself has already said that he doesn't even think the PM is worth replying to as the comments are pure ludicrous), but the Prime Minister is standing her ground insisting that she did nothing wrong.

                                       

The statement made by the leader of the People’s National Party and her subsequent response to mounting calls for a withdrawal/apology is  characteristic of a true autocrat, behaving as though she is infallible or that no one has the right to criticize her  and to make matters worse this incident is  not even  the first time that Mrs. Simpson Miller has shown that she is intolerant of criticism, well here's a news flash for you Madam PM we are a democracy NOT a banana republic (or any kind of republic as a matter of fact) , the opposition leader has a constitutional right and duty to speak out against the government when the need arises, how dare you seek to take that right away, are you trying to subvert the constitution of Jamaica or something?

                      

Truth be told it is the PM and not her opposition counterpart that can be seen as the real enemy of the state, enemy of both the Crown and the People, ever since her party was returned to power 13 months ago this country has been sliding down the brink of disaster, nothing is as it should be, unemployment is on the rise, the same can be said for inflation and taxes  while at the same time wages continue to dip or be frozen, the NIR is at an all time low, while there are it is highly speculated that free health care and free tuition up to the secondary level are to be cut all this is against the backdrop of the PM and her comrade co-conspirators continuing  to live in luxury, I mean seriously, spending  $60 million of  taxpayers’ money to buy SUVs in a period of  austerity?  who does that? . The PNP has demonstrated time and time again that they have no real love for the people of this country regardless of how much they give lip service to the contrary, so tell me who the real enemy of the state is.

                               

Of course nothing demonstrates more clearly the true identity of the enemy of that state than the Prime Minister’s proposal for constitutional reform, Under section 68 of the Jamaica Order in Council executive authority is vested in the Crown and as such the sovereign is the personification of the state itself it therefore stands to reason that anyone who sets them-self up against this legitimate authority by proposing the removal of the monarch is by virtue of such an enemy of the sovereign which would make him/her an enemy of the (personification of the) state.

The Prime Minister has demonstrated that she has little regard for the constitution on so many occasions quite frankly I’m shocked that the Governor-General has not pulled a John Kerr on her as yet. But to be frank she really needs to take a breather and deal with the issues that are affecting this country in a calm and tactical manner befitting of a true leader, if she’s being criticized by the opposition, she would do well to listen and take heed  and not jump to conclusions making idiotic comments which could only serve to land her in trouble and sway public opinion against her