I
read lately that Belize
is on a list of countries considered or being thought to be a pariah
state. Pariah in this instance means a country whose behavior is out of
line with international norms. Now even if this were not true, the mere
fact that Belize
is included in these failed states is both alarming and disappointing. Imagine
a country, with a population of a little over 300,000, with boundless natural
resources including a thriving tourism industry, placed in this position. It
breaks my heart to see how low we have fallen, how utterly inevitable it
is that this free fall will continue, until we come to our senses and
elect men and women who have Belizes' interest first and foremost on their
agenda.
When Mr.
Goldson and Mr. Price were in politics, no one had any doubt but that
their allegiance and devotion was to Belize and the Belizean people.
They made us proud to be Belizean and we were respected, people and
nations were rooting for us to succeed, and we could see a future that was full
of promise. These two men and others were true Belizean patriots and political
patriots. Now what we have are political vultures, elected officials, who over
the last 25 years in both political parties have been raping, abusing and
selling out their constituents.
We don't
control our borders, we don't control our economy, we don't control our streets.
We differ to religious and foreign predators to determine how we live.
Corruption rampant everywhere, the police, the judiciary, religion,
education, civil service, mainly immigration and customs, every aspect of our
lives is tinged with some aspect of corruption.
The last
party that was in power, the PUP, destroyed our economy to such a level that
they were overwhelmingly rejected in 2008. The current administration is
catching up to them very quickly, and if things don't change drastically and
very soon, well, the consequences are unimaginable.
We the
Belizean people are to be blamed for all this. We know who these creeps are and
we keep reelecting them and when things go awry, we start to bawl. We have
to start finding politically incorruptible candidates that will have the
people and the country first and foremost in their governance and decisions. It
just gets boring seeing all these ne'er do wells that didn't have a pot to piss
in, suddenly become rich and fat on the backs of, and at the expense of the
people.
Think of
it people, we are a pariah. Land of the gods by the Carib sea! So sad.
Commentary by pele
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