Dear Editor,

I am moved to write this letter after reading a Daily Observer article of May 18, 2015 titled ‘State of fire services triggers alarm in St Elizabeth’. I beg to differ. It is perhaps the state of poor representation by our MP for St Elizabeth South Eastern Richard Parchment that triggers alarm.

The article says the only functioning fire unit in the parish is the one in Santa Cruz. A few months ago the Observer published information about the clinic in Santa Cruz being the best one in the parish. Last week we saw in this same paper Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller breaking ground in St Elizabeth North Eastern for development at what will now be called Roger Clarke High School. It seems that everything for development of the communities is happening in St Elizabeth North Eastern.

Is it that I should move with my vote to St Elizabeth North Eastern or should I use my vote to remove our non-performing MP? If your paper, and the road repairs, water projects, and school repairs in that area are anything to go by, then we, the people of St Elizabeth South Eastern, are calling on MP Raymond Pryce to teach our MP how to represent a constituency. No wonder his slogan is Pryce is Right. Maybe it should be changed to Pryce is better than Parchment.

I hope the PM is watching what is happening because we won’t be fooled a second time.

Ava Martin

Malvern PO, St Elizabeth

ava.martin1981@gmail.com