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It is unfortunate that the Barbados Youth Development Council (BYDC) does not want to understand the simple point that Miss Forde made. Camps Yes! Pork barrel politics and party tribalism, No!

We too are appalled that there will be no support for churches and other private organizations who have been and are still running summer camps and even more disappointed that unlike previous years, there will be no camp for Persons with Disabilities.

It is regrettable that the BYDC sees nothing wrong with the DLP’s plan to spend $4.1 million over six weeks on persons who have been specially chosen at the expense of Barbadians, who have over the years, proven themselves by giving freely of their services. Miss Forde's simple point is that why discard persons who have training or experience and who have worked for free.

But how could you have a fair system if DLP politicians were asked to hand-pick persons to operate as Camp Directors?

We therefore support Miss Forde’s concern and feel that it is wrong for the DLP to discard persons who have served with distinction as Camp Directors for free, for many years, simply to clear the way for paid DLP operatives.

It is our fundamental belief that what the DLP purports to do with the camp programme - is not “change” nor “good government,” but trademark “old-style DLP pork barrel politics,” of using State resources for partisan purposes.

This is wrong!

We therefore join Miss Cynthia Forde and the Barbados labour Party in their call on the DLP to immediately stop using this Camp Programme, as a “slush fund.”

We feel that having promised “good governance” and having described DLP politicians as: “squeaky clean,” the Prime Minister has a responsibility to all Barbadians to make sure that this happens and that our tax dollars are hereafter spent in a prudent manner.

It saddens us greatly that the BYDC does not share these values, which the majority of Barbadians hold dear.
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