In another release to RTC, the PDM says they are outraged with Government to side step the people of the TCI.
“The PDM has been reliably informed that the Rufus Ewing led PNP Administration is once again by passing its people and is blatantly committing some of the said same acts that we frown upon in the Private Sector.
This latest assault on its people, more directly under the Hon Washington Misick, will see a senior contract officer in one of the Statutory Bodies under Misick’s portfolio who has been met with personal challenges under that contract, favored and positioned to head up the new Statutory Body recently supported by the PDM – the new Invest TC which is also under Misick’s portfolio. We understand that the contract officer has tendered his resignation a few months ahead of the end of his current contract and may still enjoy full gratuity privileges while moving to this new post.
Persons we have spoken to have not seen nor did we see the position advertised. This says to us that there were no real attempts to make this a bonafide Turks and Caicos empowering experience. It is certainly not cliché to say that there are qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders who are more than qualified to hold this position and who have experience in the area. We maintain that there are Turks and Caicos Islanders who could certainly lead in positioning Turks and Caicos Islands for growth which it did experience under a Turks and Caicos Islands CEO before.
This Government, also by this move, is saying to our young Turks and Caicos Islanders that they are prepared to remain stuck in an era that is long past and not to allow new and innovative ideas heralded by younger persons to see the light of day.
Only a few months ago, as a Question in Parliament, the Party’s Leader Hon Sharlene Robinson raised these type practices of having guest workers move from contract to contract without leaving this country and with inflated qualifications in job advertisements to suit the persons intended to be employed. Again, we see a worse experience where there may not have been an advertisement and if so, a not well circulated one.
We are calling out the Government and charging them with one of the most offensive act against its people. When the Government of this country makes this statement, it loses the moral authority to champion these issues for its people in the public and private sector. This Government does not practice what it preaches. This Government continues to demonstrate its lack of care for the abuses our people suffer and with this move, only adds insult to injury.
We are calling on the Government to explain this move to the people of this country. We need to understand the procedure followed in this matter – its advertising and recruitment process. The Government needs to tell its people why it feels that it should bypass qualified Turks and Caicos Islanders who have experience and who can be empowered so as to make the return of Invest TC a true bonafide Turks and Caicos experience.
The PDM has been fighting these types of injustices and will continue to represent our people on these issues.”
That was the full text from the PDM.
