Thompson's boast to Barbadians is that the next general elections to be held in Barbados will be one in which “the finger of corruption can reasonably and correctly be pointed at senior members of an incumbent administration.” What is the motive for this extreme display of ‘political dessert’ and ‘political side-swing’ – is it to enhance Barbados’ institutional capacity or is it for some other personalised and sinister objective? Winning the next general election is so important to Thompson and his desperate bandwagon of wild boys, that the “stagnation and malfeasance in public administration” that he expansively dramatises at every opportunity under the street lights, has now become a pillar in the DLP’s eagerness to disgrace and destroy the offices and institutions that have collectively worked well for that party and the development of Barbados. Like many other accusations by Thompson, this one bears little or no truth but is thrown to the emotiveness of his ‘rumour hungry’ supporters with the hope of breeding and spreading an angry public outside of the Parliament. It is not surprising then that several Barbadians have been watching closely at the developments in relation to the ‘Hardwood’ issue and the no-confidence motion in a Government Minister. The fact that the Leader of the Opposition has tabled in Parliament that resolution for debate, but then is less eager to pursue it in a timely fashion speaks to the emptiness of the motion. Addressing the wider issue of integrity, accountability, and transparency at a time he considers opportune must now also be questioned since Hansard would reflect that it has been the Barbados Labour Party that has traditionally given support and brought measures to the House that enhances the capacity of Parliament to investigate concerns. This is without receiving wide support from the Democratic Labour Party (e.g. the PAC). Under normal circumstances, one may construe that Thompson’s resolution is a positive move to aid in the furtherance of democratic accountability and transparency. However, these are not usual times especially considering that general elections are constitutionally due within the next nine months. By extension, the Honourable David Thompson who appears as a damsel in distress has already exploited the heightened emotions of a public anticipating those elections sooner rather than later. He is now at a stage of desperation which certainly does not augur well for meaningful debate in the very Parliament that he has showed a tinged display of oppositional politics and displayed even less respect for Parliamentary procedures.
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