Democratic Labour Party supporters during the party’s FACTS mission in the St Michael West Central Constituency yesterday.
A member of the Government is encouraging the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) to stop saying things because it sounds politically “nice and attractive”.
Speaking to the media yesterday during the DLP’s FACTS mission in his St Michael West Central Constituency, James Paul declared that it is disingenuous for any person to suggest that Government is not giving Barbadians the best quality of life which it can afford.
“The Opposition leader [Mia Mottley], clearly, is saying things because she wants to get elected as Prime Minister of this country. Stop saying things just for that and let’s look at it in terms of rational reasoning. In other words, what do we want to do – to build Barbados on a sound growth path . . .” Paul said.
He said he will not be side-tracked by what he claims to be efforts by the BLP to belittle and degrade the work his party, which celebrated its 62nd anniversary yesterday, has done for the country.
Paul accused the Opposition of consistently distorting the FACTS as it relates to Barbados’ economic, social and overall performance.
He said he believes that under the guidance of Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, Barbados will continue to stand out, noting that “it seems as if we have to defend ourselves against Barbadians, under the Barbados Labour Party, who basically do not believe in this country.
“We do not need to crawl into any holes in terms of trying to say what this country has achieved. We continue still to be the envy of every single Caribbean country in CARICOM, performing heads and shoulders above them. We have to understand that Barbados is still performing as a society; it is still the most attractive society in the region to live in.
“I sometimes don’t understand how Barbadians could feel that they should want to denigrate a country that other people find so attractive, to try to prove a political point. We need to stop it and we need to understand that Barbados still offers a better quality of life for its citizens,” Paul asserted.
The Member of Parliament noted that while Trinidadians are not openly upset about the fact that Moody’s, just two days ago, downgraded their government bond rating, there are Barbadians that do not respect the fact that Government is doing a much better job in managing Barbados’ state of affairs.
“I am saying that we really need to acknowledge the fact that this Government is doing the best it can do under the present circumstances . . .” he said.
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