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Blocking Health Care from the Young & Elderly

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By Alred C. Frett

Blocking Health Care from the Young and Old, Poor and Needy:

It is a given from time immemorial that during our productive years we would not only care for ourselves but contribute to the welfare of the young and elderly, so it follows that in a month which is not only that of Mother’s Day but the month for Seniors and the Mentally Challenged, to select this as the month in which to abandon infants and seniors, smacks of insanity.

Experience shows that regardless of age, it is the neediest that access Public Health Care and it is no secret that the very young and very old are the ones most threatened by illnesses…

Times are getting more difficult and as a people plagued with diabetes, hypertension and stress, every parent and person over 60 years could be significantly affected by these new charges.

With all the Doctors and Lawyers present in Parliament, it should be inconceivable that such missteps would be taken or tolerated and our failure to stand against this Policy would send a message of compliance… The next lambs for slaughter would be our Pensions, Social Security Benefits and New Tax increases to include taxing your Savings as was done in Cyprus.

Whether in the Middle East or West Indies, the actions of Religion and Power have always moved us from Bad to Worse and still seek to have us believe the Power-hungry really care about us and the People of Syria and the Middle East when they simply aim to fool us enough to sell Weapons, grab Oil of others and destabilize the World in order to make huge Profit for a Selected Few.

Unfortunately, we have been so programmed to be comfortable victims that the double standards and undue pressures of the Powerful on the Weak continue to teach us that Religion makes it easier to believe in Ghosts and Goblins than in Facts and Reality… As a consequence we still march Whit Mondays in support of Oppression rather than in support of our Children and Seniors.

Should Leaders who know better do better?

As gullible descendants of Slaves we have become so good at inflicting suffering on others even as we suffer our own unfairness in silence that it has become a way of life… We use Government Councils, Boards, Depts. and Ministries to mistreat and terrorize our own to the point where even the UK Secretary of State has issued instructions against such self-defeating practices.

There’s no doubt that Leaders know right from wrong - these guys know when to walk away and they know when to run - they simply hope you do not – Just this month a top West Indian Religious Political Leader waited until his Government passed a tough Budget on the Poor before announcing his immediate resignation from Parliament to relocate his family to Canada.

Clearly, this unethical behavior of Oppressive Servants will continue to stifle the Country until and unless these forces are separated from their positions of Power… This may be sooner than they think because Britain is already using Montserrat and TCI as living Laboratories for 21st Century Colonial experiments and it’s only a matter of time before the VI is tabled for dissection.

Recently a UK Department for International Development halted capital projects in Montserrat and the UK Secretary of State issued TCI an 18 Point Statement of Governance Principles whereby… “In the exercise of their functions, all organs of government in the TCI have a duty to give effect to the following principles” – No doubt this also applies to the VI.

UK’s Instructions to Overseas Territories?

This TCI Directive outlines projections and expectations of the UK and while the list may be too long to include in this Article if you will take time to research it for yourself you will find most of these are what I have cautioned of for decades and what Councils, Departments and Ministries have continued to abuse and refuse… Example; please note synopsis of the following sections:

2. Government should involve participation of the people and shall serve and take account of the interests of all the people in the Islands… the Governor is required to be assured the consultation process undertaken by Government was accessible and meaningful before assenting to outcomes.

4. All decisions of government, whether by Ministers, elected representatives or public officials, shall be lawful, rational, proportionate and procedurally fair. 

10. Government processes, institutions and information shall be directly accessible and transparent to those concerned with them and enough information provided to understand and monitor them… Decision-makers shall provide written reasons for decisions and advise applicants of their rights.

12. … the Government shall act in good faith and a fair manner that is non-discriminatory, for the benefit of all people in the Islands irrespective of race, national or social origin, political or other opinion, colour, religion, language, creed, association with a national minority, property, sex, sexual orientation, birth or other status. Services shall be made available on an equal basis, free of preference based on family ties, political allegiance, friendship or personal gain.

We must help ourselves:

Some may think it redundant that I repeat these things but most know I am simply saying what they already think and there are Demons we must overcome… It is only because of your efforts that ZBVI and others trying to silence Truth for the Youth failed so miserably for, while they may have handicapped themselves in the process, Truth is a force that can never ever be conquered.

Failure to unite against Unfairness and Injustice simply means we all will perish and while we may not agree with all UK says or does this Document provides serious steps in the right direction.

Furthermore, every Civil Servant and Politician should read and understand it because Ignorance is no excuse in Governance of a People or in the application of Fairness and Justice.

PS:… I will continue addressing some of your Questions & Comments on Live BVP Radio Programme   

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