Selective principles

THE EDITOR, Sir:

IT IS with more than a little disdain that I have listened to the social commentary coming from persons such as Milton Samuda, president of the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica, Joseph M. Matalon recently. These men and others like them continue to play with the national conscience.

It is amazing to hear Mr Samuda calling for Kern Spencer and Joseph Hibbert to leave Parliament and abandon the earlier call for Bruce Golding to do the same. Morality can't reside in a glasshouse. It must be built on a firm foundation of ethical standards - standards which would have caused anyone calling on government officials to resign not to exclude the prime minister.

Mr Matalon and Mr Samuda would do well to realise that the poor of Jamaica do not reside exclusively in western Kingston. So, as they mobilise the organisations they represent to assist in easing the lot of the poor, they should spare a thought for the poor who did not support attacks on the state.

No room for hypocrisy

The people of Jamaica know who the criminals masquerading as leaders are, and any entity looking to curry favour from corrupt leaders will not be allowed to prosper. We are entering a new Jamaica that will not tolerate hypocrisy. Private-sector leaders need to stop supporting slackness and get on board with real change or step aside.

Please note, there has never been or will never be a corrupt public sector without a compliant private sector.

I am, etc.,

KEVIN Y. TAYLOR

Councillor

Duhaney Park Division