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Position Statements
Don't blame Imbert
Dec 24, 2008
I read with interest the letter penned by Minister Imbert entitled "Don’t blame me for the cascade, maraval floods" and wish to make the following observations:
All accounts suggest that Minister Imbert has acted with dispatch in dealing with the aftermath of the flooding in the Perseverance area in Maraval. There can be no dispute to that.
However, it must also be said that the honourable gentleman has been the Member of Parliament for that area for the past 17 years and that area has also been represented by his party at the local government level for the last 16 years.
During the period 1996 to 2001 the Diego Martin Regional Corporation, which has the responsibility for final approvals for developments in that area, was completely controlled by his party and at that time was chaired by the present Attorney General.
Minister Imbert had considerable influence over what could or could not take place within his constituency and to seek to absolve himself from responsibility is disingenuous to say the least.
Further, during the last 17 years, Minister Imbert has spent at least 11 years in office as Minister of Works and Transportation, Minister of Local Government and Minister of Works and Transportation, Minister of Health, and again as Minister of Works and Transportation. If he felt and as he claimed, recognised that there were concerns with the new development, he could have used the last 5 years correcting the problems and doing preventative work to prevent the discomfort felt by his constituents BUT HE DIDN'T.
Also, flooding in Perseverance is not a new issue, in my tenure as Local Government Representative from 1992 to 1996, that area experienced serious flooding similar to what took place last week, though admittedly a little less severe. During that time period Minister Imbert served as both Minister of Local Government and Minister of Works and Transport and whilst there was clean up nothing was done to prevent the recurrence of the problem by either of his Ministries as evidenced by what recently took place and neither was the required funding given to local government to be able to undertake such measures.
So Minister it would seem that you may have to take some blame after-all.
Merry Christmas to all.
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