BLP to lead National March of Disgust against present administration

The Opposition Barbados Labour Party will be leading a National March of Disgust and a Rally next month, in protest against the Democratic Labour Party government’s style of governance and the indifference shown to a number of pressing issues.

“We will be marching on the afternoon of Saturday, March 11, 2017. We call upon all civic minded Barbadians to join with us in sending a message to Freundel Stuart and his Cabinet, that their style of governance is not cute,” Opposition Leader Mia Mottley announced yesterday, during a press conference held at her office in the West Wing of Parliament.

“The National March and the Rally thereafter, I forewarn the country, is but the first salvo by the Barbados Labour Party, to let it be known that ‘enough is enough,’” Mottley added.

Stressing that Barbados cannot bear “the weight of the indifference and the incompetence of Freundel Stuart and his Cabinet for another 12 months”, Mottley added, “We will not sit silently and permit the wholesale destruction of Barbados, simply to allow a Government to limp its way to the constitutionally stipulated finish line. This is not about finishing the five years given to a Government. This must be about stopping the rot and re-energising Barbados for Barbadians.”

During the press conference, Mottley was highly critical of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart and the “indifference” he has shown to the issue involving the Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler and the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell.

She said the issue “transcends consideration of jurisdictional authority” and it goes to the heart of answering the question, whether Government will be able to come up with the money to meet its end of month commitments, without the Central Bank printing money and buying Government securities.
She pointed out that the BLP has for the past three years warned and beseeched the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance to stop and take stock of the deteriorating economy and state of fiscal affairs in the country.

“Downgrade after downgrade has been rubbished by the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance continued to paint an artificial image of promise and recovery, when it was clear for all to sense and to see, that the situation was getting worse and headed to intensive care,” Mottley remarked.
“Now that the Governor of the Central Bank has finally broken free of Ministerial allegiance and dictate and is telling it like it is, the Prime Minister would have us believe that this is all a side show…” she argued.

Further details on the National March of Disgust and Rally will come soon, from BLP General Secretary, Dr. Jerome Walcott. (RSM)