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Please . . . we don’t need manifestos
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From Brendan McDonald.
THE phrase ‘curriculum vitae’ is defined in most dictionaries as follows: A written summary of one’s personal details and the main events of one’s education and career which is produced to accompany job applications.
In the forthcoming elections, I would suggest that what the electorate want to know before they make their minds up is what those candidates standing for re-election have to show for the past six years or whenever they were elected to the States.
I don’t think that people will be interested in any more manifestos, seeing that many of those in the States today reneged on the promises made at the hustings.
Many of them had said that they would not support GST.
They then did a U-turn once elected, stating that they had not had enough information at the time.
If they had come to the conclusion that they were going to oppose GST as an election promise, then they must have had enough information to form that opinion in the first place. I am of the view that only first-time prospective candidates should be allowed to produce CVs or manifestos — as long as they pledge that there won’t be any U-turns if elected.
Those seeking re-election should produce a printout of what they have achieved and how they voted on all major issues during their term of office — from which the electorate will be able to judge who is worth keeping in office.
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