Free movement: Are you crazy?
Published:Saturday | July 10, 2010 | 12:00 AM
The Editor, Sir:
The reason there has been such little progress on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), regional integration and the free movement of citizens is that none of our island neighbours wants to be in any kind of union with Jamaica! West Indians are no fools - they know very well what awaits them should Jamaicans be given free movement throughout the region.
Foot-dragging
It is merely out of respect for our former role within the British West Indies that our Caribbean neighbours have resorted to foot-dragging and stalling, instead of saying this to our face. So we can continue waiting and hoping for deeper CARICOM integration, but as long as we continue to be a part of the picture, this dream will never become reality.
I am, etc.,
LEE TRUCIS
Bronx, NY