As I sat here considering what to write about in this latest
post, a friend of mine brought some rather disturbing news and I feel compelled
to share. It has to do with a proposal put forward by a certain member of
parliament to have the standing orders of parliament amended so instead of opening parliament with the customary throne speech, it would be replace by his own artificial creation “people’s speech”.
The Member of Parliament in question
goes by the name Raymond Pryce, who represents the constituency of North East
St Elizabeth. Before I even get into the issue at hand let me first talk about
the man himself. Pryce is well known for his radical views which places him squarely
left of the political divide, being a first term MP he’s a newcomer to the
political scene after being placed to contest what is considered to be a safe
seat for the People’s National Party less
than a month before the 2011 general elections. Although he hardly did much to demonstrate why he should be elected given his short notice nomination he was elected
solely on the fact he was representing the interest of the PNP, so much for meritocracy. Since his election Pryce has been a rather controversial man,
known for his repeated acts of disrespect towards God (he can’t even quote the
Lord’s Prayer correctly) , the Queen, his fellow MPs and even conservative
elder statesmen such as former Prime Minister Edward Seaga. He is also known
for advocacy on issues of republicanism and legalization of marijuana and other
pro-left wing issues, that about sums up who this man really is.
As for his proposal let me categorically say from now that
such a notion is unacceptable and unthinkable. It was first proposed by Pryce
in 2012 who had asked for it to be done in time for the 2012 speech, fortunately
then nobody else in the House took up the debate and the topic soon died, 2012
and 2013 both passed with the Governor-General delivering his traditional
Throne Speech and is expected to do the same later down in the year, imagine my
absolute shock and dismay to learn after all this time that the issue is still
on the agenda, what could the Cabinet even be thinking that they could want to
give this suggestion a second thought?, I mean seriously, one would have thought
that when the Prime Minister and her colleagues meet at Jamaica House they
would actually be considering issues that of most pressing concern to the
nation and not that trivial nonsense, which is the only thing a intellectually
deprived socialist like Pryce could actually consider as his main contribution
to parliament instead of doing what he’s being paid to do by representing the interest
of his constituents, the people of North East St Elizabeth deserve better than the
likes of him for a MP anyway , and the people of Jamaica certainly don’t waste
their time thinking about whether the parliament should be opened with a Throne
Speech or a People’s Speech so why the fuss all of a sudden?.
Anti-Monarchism is a key element of leftism in this country
and this is just another way for them to
continue their republicanism by stealth as part of an overall agenda to subvert the
constitution of this land and indoctrinate us into believing their propaganda. Pryce
claims that the speech should be renamed people’s speech because it shows the
primacy of the Jamaican people, however the very fact that Pryce actually
proposes the change is enough reason why it should not be done, here's why. If Pryce really did have the interest of the people at heart then he
wouldn't be wasting his time making petty propositions but rather he would
making proposals that would be of some actual use to the people of Jamaica or
at the very least to the people of his constituency, this proposal however is
nothing more than an ego booster for him, that’s why most of the other MPs didn’t
even bother to debate the issue in Parliament
The Throne speech is so named because it comes from the
Throne, it was written by the minsters of Her Majesty’s Government and is read by Her Majesty’s Representative the Governor-General, I don’t see what is so hard about that to
comprehend, and while some may be tempted agree with Pryce I will not be so
quick to jump on the bandwagon, some people are often fooled by politicians
claiming to be on the “side of the people’ nothing demonstrates this more than the last general elections when the PNP used the slogan of "people power" to trick many persons into buying into their publicity stunt, however former British Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher warned that when “Socialists
cry "Power to the people", and raise the clenched fist as they say
it. We all know what they really mean -
power over people, power to the state." , she was right on the money and that certainly seems to be the
same trend here.
Pryce can argue about symbolism all he wants but the truth
of the matter is Jamaica’s constitution makes it plain that we are a constitutional
monarchy and as such our ceremonies and symbols should reflect this, the Queen is the very personification of the state itself because the Crown is sovereign and
as such the use of the term "people's speech" to open parliament would be highly unconstitutional and as minsters of the Crown sworn to uphold and
defend the constitution the Cabinet should not even be considering this treasonous
proposal , instead they should leave
well enough alone as this country have far more urgent issues to deal with
instead to trying to distract public attention with this ludicrous neo-Marxist pro-republican rhetoric.
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