Speak up!

IF you know of anyone engaging in practices of corruption, step forward and tell the authorities.

Speaking in the Lower House earlier last week, Labour Minister Colin Jordan urged Barbadians to become whistleblowers.

Insisting the Mia Mottley administration was adamant that this practice be stamped out and was taking the relevant steps to ensure this, he stated, “We are not kicking the corruption can down the road. We are serious about it and we remain serious about it, and we as a political institution of longstanding are prepared to put in place those mechanisms by which the general public can hold us to a standard that they have not been able to hold others previously.”

During the debate on the Integrity in Public Life Bill, he encouraged persons to take the information to relevant authorities, so the necessary investigations could be done and those persons guilty of engaging in corrupt practices would be held accountable.

He also told those who were unwilling to come forward to reveal the information they knew, to change their attitudes for the betterment of the country and not to let “evil prevail”.

“I am calling on right-thinking people to stand up and do what is right in spite of what the consequences could be... I am hoping that we can get to the point where we can stand up and speak when we see wrong and compliment when we see right, but without giving too much thought as to the consequences,” he added. (JMB)