Dear Editor,

It is not business as usual for the 63 elected members of the Lower House — inclusive of the prime minister, Opposition leader, ministers, Opposition spokespeople — and the 21 members of the Upper House, also known as the Senate, 13 of whom represent the Government and 8 the Opposition.

By now it should be abundantly understood that those of us whose ancestors were brought here as slaves have suffered the inhumane indignity and deprivation of health care and education that bore such bad fruits it left us divided and disorganised as a people.

Some of those who are elected have become stooges and continue to advance deprivation and denial of our God-given rights. It cannot and will not continue this way! This part of God’s Earth known as Jamaica will not be left to the whims and fancy of the greedy few.

I call on the people of African descendants in their respective parishes to demand that the elected ones do not permit land utilisation and/or development without town hall meetings that will enable the full participation of the people.

It has been proven on numerous occasions that elected people who look like the majority have continually abused their privileges. Let us wake up and work together for the common good of all.

For instance, Haiti was given freedom and democracy from the French approximately 230 years ago, they have suffered much disaster and regression, resulting in them taking the lives of their leaders at all levels.

Let us change course now.

Henry Morant

hcmorant41@gmail.com