IF MR OWEN ARTHEUR has the support of the MPs, so be it. If Ms Mia Mottley has been found wanting, is there no better way of dealing with the matter?
Surely not what appears vulgar to the sensibilities of Barbadians – even though the opposing political party may be resonating with glee.
Is it not reasonable to suggest that, notwithstanding the popularity of Mr Arthur, the issue that has now become a public spectacle is debilitating for the Barbados Labour Party (BLP)?
Some may ask who am I to say that things could be and ought to be done differently. I am a member of the party who has the interest of said party at heart.
I believe that if the MPs need Mr Arthur and that is the democratic choice, then the deed is done.
If Barbadians are calling for Mr Arthur, that has to be respected and considered without demonising the incumbent.
Yet, it is an indictment of the people of Barbados, the Barbados Labour Party, and others who argue that there is no one else who can improve the lot of Barbadians, or rescue the economy from the bowels of recession, except Mr Arthur, who admittedly has served the country well and distinguished himself in the post-Independent period.
That type of reasoning is backward, self-defeating, and does not inspire confidence for those persons we are producing anew to take Barbados forward.
The final decision may strategically be the best one for winning an election; but is it the best for advancing our people? Consider J. Mason Brown’s observation: “Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason, and invective for documentation than politics.”
Please, BLP comrades, ensure that truth and Barbados walk hand in hand and that they precede ambitions for power.
GEORGE C. BRATHWAITE
