Dear Editor,

As we have justed started the leap year of 2016, many of us are unsure of what it holds for us, but we remain optimistic and, therefore, hopeful.

I recall the start of 2015 when all I heard and read was disaster and murk, led by some of our elected officials, commentators and those with access to the media. And now, when I look back on the year gone, we have so much to be thankful for.

If we remove our politically tinted glasses, 2015 was a successful year for us as a country, as a lot of what was achieved could have gone the other way.

I don’t fully understand the financial jargons, but what could be so wrong in passing the International Monetary Fund tests? Would failing the tests be a more positive outcome for us, and would it make the “man in the street” better off?

While we need to improve the lives of the average Jamaican, I am of the opinion that we can’t do so without fixing our economy, and if passing the tests are the means of doing so, let’s then encourage the Government to continue along that path.

I am old enough to recall that seldom have the Jamaican business sector come out in support of government programmes and, alas, I now listen with delight to the various arms of commerce that are now encouraging the Government not to change its policies.

To my mind, we now have two of the three most important segments of the society in one accord and all we now need the third and very important one of the people.

This call, therefore, now goes out to all my fellow Jamaicans; our future depends on our support of the now policies of the Government.

Let us ignore the politics of the day, the rhetoric of the platforms, and the doomsday visionaries whose only intention is to get what they can for themselves.

Jamaica, we need this tripartite relationship for the good of country and citizen…..Let’s get it for 2016.

Happy New Year greetings to Jamaica.

Ajaun Bails

ajbails14@gmail.com