Warmington must go

The Editor, Sir:

I have never been a fan of Everald Warmington, member of parliament and the junior minister in the water and housing ministry. I have found him to be an uncultured and obnoxious being who deserves no place in our Parliament - a place that is supposed to, and ought to be, a noble institution - let alone his being made a junior minister, assuming the honorific title as 'Honourable'.

Warmington has proven time and time again that there is seemingly not much, if anything, about him that is honourable, demeaning the very honorific title that has been bestowed upon him. While he has not been the only culprit in the current or recent parliaments who has engaged in the most reprehensible behaviour that is wholly inappropriate for our parliament, his constant and predictably unpolished behaviour has become quite intolerable.

Warmington's recent outburst against Contractor General (CG) Greg Christie, labeling him an "overzealous idiot", arising out of a probe into the award of state contracts to a company linked to the parliamentarian is most disturbing.

Relieved of his position

But, then again, such an utterance from Warmington could very well be construed as a compliment to the CG. I have long considered Warmington to be largely devoid of the capacity for cerebral sophistication and a proclivity for civility and decency.

My dislike for Warmington aside, I happen to support the calls for him to be relieved of his junior ministerial position. Perhaps the people of South West, St Catherine, through the Jamaica Labour Party, will call for the removal of Everald Warmington as the party's candidate for the next general parliamentary elections. It ought to be extremely embarrassing to have such a person as one's representative, political or otherwise.

I do not expect that Warmington will be inclined to do the right thing in voluntarily resigning his government position. I do expect, however, that Prime Minister Bruce Golding, who promised us a new framework of governance within which there would be no tolerance for any scintilla of corruption or alleged corruption on the part of our parliamentarians, will relieve Warmington of his position.

His 'transgression' surrounding the handling of the Dudus/Manatt affair, notwithstanding, I am confident Mr Golding will ensure that his long-held promise regarding legislation for the impeachment of parliamentarians or public officials for misconduct, corruption, abuse of office or betrayal of public trust will materialise before long.

I am, etc.,

KEVIN K.O. SANGSTER

sangstek@msn.com