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I've said it before and I'll say it again..
MP's boasting about fixing roads and providing light & water is an indication of a failure of LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Meaning, YOUR COUNCILOR IS NOT DOING HIS/HER JOB!
MP's boasting about fixing roads and providing light & water is an indication of a failure of LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Meaning, YOUR COUNCILOR IS NOT DOING HIS/HER JOB!
MPs have responsibilities to two main groups: their constituents and to Parliament. One MP is elected to the House of Representatives by each of Jamaica’s 63 constituencies.
MPs’ duties in Parliament include participating in debates and voting on legislation and other matters. They may also be members of committees examining new laws or the work of government departments. Some have a role as a minister in government or a spokesperson in opposition.
MPs can help their constituents by advising on problems (particularly those that arise from the work of government departments), representing the concerns of their constituents in Parliament and acting as a figurehead for the local area.
Local Authorities (YOUR COUNCILORS) are empowered to make by-laws, regulations and rules for the good governance of the parishes over which they have jurisdiction.
Specific responsibilities of the Councils include:
• Developing, managing and maintaining infrastructure and public facilities such as parochial roads, water supplies, drains and gullies, parks, recreational centres, markets, abattoirs, pounds,
• Developing, managing and maintaining infrastructure and public facilities such as parochial roads, water supplies, drains and gullies, parks, recreational centres, markets, abattoirs, pounds,
cemeteries, transportation centres, public sanitary conveniences and public beaches.
• Provision of local services such as poor relief, public cleansing, public health, street lighting.
• Provision of local services such as poor relief, public cleansing, public health, street lighting.
• Regulation powers in respect to building and planning approvals and development control, licensing of trades and businesses, street parking, control of public vending.
• Coordinating inter-agency collaboration among non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations (COBs) and government agencies which operate in the parish and are engaged in the delivery of local services or in local development.
• Support of national policies/development programmes at the local level.
• Spearhead plans and initiatives for the orderly, balanced and sustainable development of the parish as a whole, and major towns in particular, and for the boosting economic activity and local wealth creation within the parish.
The MOST POWERFUL POLITICIAN in each of Jamaica's 14 parishes IS THE MAYOR.
NOTHING gets done without his approval. Not one building gets built, not one road gets fixed. Unless it's a Main Road, which falls under the NWA, which is under the MOTW. Again, NOT YOUR MP.
NOTHING gets done without his approval. Not one building gets built, not one road gets fixed. Unless it's a Main Road, which falls under the NWA, which is under the MOTW. Again, NOT YOUR MP.
So, if you do not have proper roads, proper water infrastructure, no street lights etc. BLAME YOUR COUNCILOR (or Mayor) and if you do GIVE YOUR COUNCILOR THE CREDIT (or Mayor). Again, it is NEVER your MP.
Or at least it should not be...
Or at least it should not be...
