WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GRENADA'S ECONOMIC WOES?

With the presentation of the Grenadian national budget and the subsequent budget debate by the various MPs, the public was treated to a massive dosage of what I would term "Blameonesia." MP after MP seems to be enjoying themselves casting blame on the previous NDC government of Tillman Thomas for all the ills facing the country and giving any meaningful solutions as to the way forward.

LET THERE BE HOPE

From the very outset the theme of the 2013 Budget Presentation was going to lead us down a blind alley. "Restoring Hope" reminds me of the Former Prime Minister Tillman Thomas saying "Help is on the way". But then of course this is not surprising since the same technocrats who prepared the Tillman Thomas pronouncements are the ones who prepared this 2013 Budget presentation.

GRENADA RETURNING TO THE SOUR GRAPE OF SELLING PASSPORTS

Much has been done by the Tilman Thomas administration to restore Grenada good name in the international community, after the country was referred to by many as one of the most corrupt nations on the planet.

CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM - TO WHAT EXTENT?

Different rationales are given for pursuing Constitutional Reform in Grenada.  Grenadian-born Professors in Constitutional Law (pointedly, Dr. Francis Alex and Dr. Simeon McIntosh - many sympathies on his recent 'passing') have done extensive work in favour of Reform; and Dr. Keith Mitchell's New National Party Government seems ready to deliver on this.