Member of Parliament for St Peter Asot Michael
Member of Parliament for St Peter Asot Michael is insisting that the United Progressive Party (UPP) has failed to deliver on the electorate’s expectations and has admonished his opponents to create a government of national unity or call early elections.
“The UPP must either call fresh elections or do the noble thing, Madame Speaker, and reach out to the opposition. Reach out to the leader of the opposition, Mr Prime Minister. Reach out to form a government of reconciliation.”
He submitted that without ALP input in policy making the “country we love so dearly” will become “our hell, our Haiti.”
It was the latest attempt from the ALP to gain hold of political power in a campaign that has been unrelenting since the 2004 General Elections. It, however, broke with the party’s previous positions.
The ALP has turned down a number of invitations from the UPP to participate in joint policy making, but yesterday Michael’s petition had audible support from his side of the floor, including Opposition Leader Lester Bird.
Michael made the unexpected call yesterday during his presentation on the Budget Debate.
“The UPP government must understand, Madam Speaker, the people did not elect them to destroy this country; the people did not elect them, Madam Speaker, to make them jobless; our people did not elect them to make them poorer, to take hard earned money from their pockets, and to make government bigger just for the sake of making government bigger, Madam Speaker.
“The people did not elect them to bankrupt their businesses or to sit in tears as the banks downtown St John’s repossess their cars, their pickups, their trucks, and sell their homes,” Michael said.
“Madam Speaker, our people did not elect this UPP government to make health care depend on their individual capacity to pay. Our people did not elect this government to have some of them in darkness, without running water simply because, Madam Speaker, they can not afford to pay the exorbitant utility bills that they receive each month.”
The 2009 election left the UPP in office, albeit by a much smaller margin of seats than it had after the 2004 poll. Michael supported his argument by referencing the party’s diminished popularity and the fact that if it weren’t for a victory in the appeal court, the UPP might not be in power.
(More in today’s Daily OBSERVER)
I agree that cooperation between all of the parties could be beneficial for the people of ANU & Barbuda. However, experience makes me ask the question, what is Mr. Michaels motivation? Is he genuinely concern about the current stae of affairs or is this another selfish ploy. My reason for asking is quite simple…..Parham Football Club. Why is it that as sponsor he went outside and is paying players (non nationals) to play. Why(if he is so concerned) did he not invest into developing local coaches, who will then develop our athletes so that ABFA can become a serious contender in Concacaf?
Just Curious
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Please, Plleeaasseee UPP, its too long that we are out of power now. Everybody knows that we are allergic to ordinary living. Please Mr Spencer, let bygones be bygones and share power with us nuh (sigh, sigh sigh).
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