Hon. Sean Astwood, will you ask the real PDM leader and the one who wrote this to please standup, because you are not “man enough” for the job or to have written that response without permission.
I never thought that you or any other from your team would bother to respond to my statement as you would be busy doing nothing, except for being on facebook, riding around in Tahoes or jet setting. But l guess if it hurts, you have to squeal and dash to try and defend the indefensible.
Your reference to the “failed PNP Leader” is a classic example of clueless, as you are unable recognize that you are “lying down” on a platform of success built by the former PNP administration and your government don’t have a clue as to what to do other then demonstrating your incompetence.
In 1988 it was 11 to 2 and nothing to do, but now it is 10 to 5 and the people are barely alive, awaiting surpluses to be spent to the benefit of themselves and children. And don’t even come back with we had surpluses and what did we do.
Because the people know of our restrictions and commitments beyond our control, which are now removed thanks to our Administration. We built the economy from austerity to rock solid prosperity. But all you have done so far is to execute a few projects of our conception, design and finance while others you stalled or terminate.
The removal of the former AG and the CFO by our administration should have made life easier for this government, but you have not capitalized on these successes claiming that your hands are tied. The least you should say for removal of the former AG is thank you, because you don’t have the testicular fortitude to remove anyone other than take away earned contracts from well deserving Turks and Caicos Islanders.
Your stance with the British on the issue of the former AG and CFO is noted.
Your government was never known to be one where originality and innovativeness are key attributes but your copycat mentality is your signature. So no one would be surprised to note your tactics in the House of Assembly when it came to Motions. And for those who don’t know and would be surprised and cry shame on you, let me enlighten them.
As an opposition you were very good at your job, that is why you should have stayed there, as it is obvious that you are not good at being the Government and she is not the “best man” for the job. Being good at your job as an opposition means that you were good at using inside operatives to gather information on what the government was doing from the conception stage, then use that information to form a motion to put before the House to deceive the public in thinking that it was your idea and you had to tell us what to do.
The consideration and plans to address the issue of Service Charge was conceptualized by my Government long before the “Hon. Selver’s motion” (not the PDM Opposition’s motion) came to the House. The then PDM Opposition reluctantly supported the Motion because of their obvious conflict of interest in trying to get campaign financing and their issue with Hon. Selver.
Our Government’s position then as was reflected in our abstinence was that we would NOT pander to your tactics of deception and grand standing as we were advanced in addressing the issue of service charge. Even after we completed the survey and began to formulate options and all of the information of which you inherited, it still took your Government a year and a half to come up with a bill after all of the heavy lifting had been done.
Hon. Astwood, as Minister responsible for Immigration and Border Control you are desperately looking for someone to blame for your failure in securing our borders before and after Irma. You knew that the Radar parts needed scheduled replacement and you failed to get it fixed before Irma even after it was budgeted for by my Government. However, Irma presented you with an opportunity to get the parts during the period of state of emergency without need for tender but you failed to get that done and removed it from the supplementary budget thereby delaying the purchase of a critical radar part while illegal immigrants flooded our shores.
But no you did not care about the safety and well-being of the people in the constituency you now represent and the wider Turks and Caicos, so you had to be called out to get the problem fixed.
Hon. Astwood, you are the Government, act like the Government, it’s no longer about what my government did or did not do, it’s about you and your government and what you are not doing. One look in the rear view mirror to look back, you should be looking forward, not backwards. But then again that is where you are going and is taking this country, forward never, backward ever, and that is my concern. If you can’t drive the vehicle then do the honorable thing and get out and let someone else who is certified competent as the best man for the job takeover.
I welcome and appreciate your reply to my posting, please do keep it up, at least you would now have something to do as you all are not doing anything else. But note that I will not be replying to any negative post in response to this by you, your government or your operatives, because unlike you I have important things to do that positively impact people’s lives.” End quote
