Independents, parties and campaign donors
(CNS): Political Watchdog writes: Yesterday we watched a political telenovela unfold with the second premier and fourth deputy premier walking into parliament. And some people want to blame this on “independents”. Keen observers of Caymanian politics will know this isn’t about being independent or with a party.
It’s about the character of the people running and getting elected.
It is about having politicians who are mature, responsible and free to think for themselves. Those left in the minority government sadly have many negative traits in common. They don’t earn respect; they demand it. They are focused on their haircut, their suit, their big SUV and their entourage.
I personally prefer organised politics and the structure of political parties. But the mess we witnessed these past 3.5 years wasn’t because they were a group of independents, it was because of the caliber and character of the individuals. They get elected because they are easily bought and controlled. Too many of the current government individuals are immature, impulsive, hot-headed, rude and unprofessional.
I believe a hypothetical group of ‘independents’ like Roy McTaggart, Andre Ebanks, Wayne Panton, Marco Archer, Tara Rivers, Julie Hunter, Barbara Conolly, Heather Bodden and Kathryn Ebanks-Wilks wouldn’t have created this circus. Not at all. Despite their differences, they would all almost certainly remain professional, respectable and focused on the work at hand.
Those MPs in that ‘hypothetical grouping’ would be there to serve the country.
Too many of the current minority government are there for something other than improving the lives of Caymanians. They appear to be preoccupied with their image and their title. They appear to have gotten elected, appointed as ministers and all of sudden think of themselves as the most important leaders in the country. They operate with a ‘ready, fire, aim’ mindset. They are undisciplined and unable to work as a team. If it wasn’t so scary, it would be laughable.
And what exactly have they accomplished?
I wonder what the premier and deputy premier would be presenting in this session of parliament if not for the work of Andre Ebanks? Sixteen of the 21 bills are the result of Andre and his ministry’s work. What a gift handed on a silver platter to ‘Juju’ and ‘Kenny boy’. Be sure to thank him across the floor. And if not for financial services agreeing to higher fees, would this government even function? How would the civil servants get their bonus and pay increase?
These politicians are like chihuahuas when they see the treat bag — completely controlled by whoever’s holding it. And you know who is holding the treat bag? The campaign donors who prop them up and sustain them. These “special interests” pull strings behind the scenes like puppet masters.
Special interests direct hundreds of thousands of undocumented dollars to certain MPs every year and more every election. Watch the amount of money that is about to flow this Christmas. That concert being put on next March? No coincidence. If any government funds are used to sponsor it, the public should demand to know where the free tickets go.
These ‘leaders’ strut around like peacocks with their fancy titles, but they are puppets for the people pulling their strings — those “special interests” who keep them flush with cash. While Caymanians struggle to buy groceries or pay for health insurance, these guys are given thousands of dollars in supermarket gift cards, CUC vouchers and even lots of turtle meat paid for on their behalf.
And let me tell you something else — these rich captains of industry, these wealthy foreigners, and yes, even those multi-generational Caymanians who everyone treats like walking saints, they pretend to not be involved but they are the ones responsible for this mess.
Are they demanding the MPs deal with CUC to lower the cost of electricity? Are they demanding Julie make sure she finds the money to pay scholarship disbursements on time in December and January? Are they demanding that we get better insurance coverage for our seniors? No.
But they want a cruise referendum so they can build a $200M cruise berthing facility for a handful of millionaire families. Our children will inherit the debt, and the millionaire families get richer. The rich get richer, and to hell with the rest of us.
So next election, mi gente, do yourselves a favour; vote for candidates who are sensible, of good character and have real solutions to our problems. Vote for candidates who will tell you straight up where their dinero is coming from. Because if they won’t tell you who’s paying the piper, you better believe someone else is choosing the tune!
The solution is straightforward: we need robust campaign finance reform. This should include mandatory disclosure of all campaign contributions, caps on individual and corporate donations, regular public reporting of political funding sources and strict penalties for non-compliance
True democracy requires transparency. Voters deserve to know who funds their representatives and what interests they truly serve. Without this knowledge, we risk continuing the cycle of political instability that has characterised recent years.
I bet none of the minority government will support that.
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Category: 2025 General Elections, Elections, Politics, Viewpoint
Cayman continues to hurt herself by limiting eligibility to run for elected office to multi-generational. There is an extraordinary well of knowledge, intelligence, expertise on these lands that is prevented from helping due to ridiculous protectionism which most think is to protect the masses, it is not, it is to protect the very tiny few who continue to run for office and ride the gravy train.
All the answers are here. We just need to wake up. Anyone born here should be eligible. Anyone with Full Status should be carefully considered to eligible. It is madness that we continue to allow the tail to wag the dog
I agree with most of your thoughts, especially “There is an extraordinary well of knowledge, intelligence, expertise on these lands,” with a few hesitations.
There are many here that are not Generational Caymanians, but care deeply for this ‘former paradise.’ We also remember what is was like in the 70-80’s. But I am labeled an expat which is reviled by many here on CNS (although I suspect a small minority post most of the ‘doom scrolling’).
My wife and I and our extended family truly love Cayman, and have been very supportive of the local economy, Caymanian’s in general for over 45 years. Our Honeymoon was at the Royal Palms and we cherish walking to the beach with our dive gear to step in the dip bucket and onto the pontoon boat to be greated by Don Foster in a big blue dive suit all tattered and torn (yes, he did lead 2 dives that week).
But after all these years we are blamed for everything that can possibly be a fault here, and many wish we would leave; we have reluctantly decided on ‘when’ not ‘if’…. You win, we will leave. We have no desire to be where we are regarded as the cause for every problem.
To your point on expanding the base of eligibility for those to be able to run for office, I have a few concerns. The current pool of truly educated, ethical and un-bought candidates is very small – Cayman simply does not have a large number of such professionals.
Actually, I bet many of the best educated younger Caymanians are leaving (or getting excellent education but not returning to this disaster)! I believe some avenue for more candidates would be helpful. However, how can Cayman prevent unscrupulous individuals from running for office? I don’t know the answer, but the current available candidates are clearly inadequate to run this territory.
I wish you all the best. In January I will snorkel out to a close reef that I have observed a nice school of Blue Tangs for 38 years, above a completely dead reef that used to be teaming with life. Hopefully this won’t be my last memories of ‘Paradise’, or as phrased by John Milton… ‘Paradise Lost’.
Cayman is already a “dead reef”. Many Caymanians, myself included are preparing to leave. We aren’t selling our land and houses, but we are going because we can see the writing on the wall in the next 20 years.
People believe that changing the running for office rules is a terrible idea yet they don’t realise that time itself soon take care of it for us.
Multigenerational isn’t a place in time, it’s a time in place and soon enough, 10 years by most estimates we will have a bunch of newly able to run politicians and they will be dominated by a single cultural commonality and that isn’t Caymanian.
When we have 20k people on this Island that Identify as Jamaican and Filipino first that have no intention of going back then the days are numbered.
The Brits with status and their grandchildren (that can run for politics) will go back.
The Aussies, the Canadians, the Irish and everyone else will go back as well.
We will be left with developing world corruption the likes we have never seen and no amount of our people can stop that. We are outnumbered already. It’s just a simple matter of time (and it is just time, no law can stop that) because we are outnumbered in the Election Booths also.
Then, the final nail will be driven into the coffin, and we can blame expats all we like, but trust the process, it won’t be expats that kill Cayman, it will be Immigrants from the third world.
Where are you going TO? Where can any of us go? The U.S.? Fraught with peril. UK? Same, except that they might be just a tad more diverse. Do you think you can just pop up in either of these places and survive? If you do, you are wealthy, and can go anywhere. Most of us that were born and live here don’t have that choice.
Young Caymanians who are intelligent, hard-working and well-qualified can (and should) get jobs in the US. Yes, the US has a large debt and deficit, but it has the strongest economy in the world, and the best prospects of any country.
Where you’re correct is that many Caymanians won’t have the luxury of such escape options. They will be stuck here with the Jamaicans. Good luck!
(Or change the damn electoral system, so you’re not exclusively represented by the scum of the earth. No? Your fault, then.)
2.11pm Do you understand that more Jamaicans are born here than anyone else. One day our Parliament will be fully of them but we don’t need to hasten our demise.
bottom line …a team of 6-8 highly qualified civil servants from the uk could easily do a far superior job than this government.
caymanians elect these people so you have no-one else to blame but yourselves.
and to make things worse, you also prevent the most qualified and successful people on island from being elected…
welcome to wonderland.
You like it here don’t ya don’t wear out ya welcome ya hear 👂🏿 11:45
11.45am Like the wonderful job they’re currently doing on the UK?
The Elections Supervisor Wesley Howell is hardly an impartial independent third party, as an embedded double tasker within the political fraternity. He’s Chief Officer Home Border Control and Labour, and previously Home Affairs Ministry Chief Officer for Alden McLaughlin and PPM party loyalists as enforcer of politically-charged border lockdowns. Time for a qualified independent observer to be appointed to oversee this important governance process, including overdue scrutiny of non-resident registered electors.
11.18am He’s an exellent Supervisor but he cannot pass changes he knows are needed nor can he override the Constitution regarding non-resident voters. Governor needs to pass an order-in-council to make badly required ammendments and by-pass MP’s.
Character really matters!
This is why I would never vote for a so called “Independent Candidate”. Once they are not prepared to do the task of forming a cohesive group, it is obvious their character has serious flaws, and they are out to divide and rule.
That is just what the problem is with group. They are just looking for a good stable salary and have no elbow grease or skill sets to manage the big tasks. Just look at Kathryn Wilks, unable to advance any project that she was responsible for. Sabrina Turner spent nearly 4 years at the Health Ministry and blames Public Works for not getting Poinciana completed. Was it not her job to direct, lead and manage the completion process of this project? She seems to throw a piece of paper on the ceiling and expect it to stick.
Errr, no, it isn’t a ministers job to interfere in the Civil Service.
Tell me you know don’t how politics works without saying it.
They are focused on their haircut, their suit, their big SUV and their entourage. No clues needed there. He’s the worst of them.
Tara Rivers, with a hot deadline on compliance with published action items to avoid FATF sanction, blubber the ball, and allowed the Parliament to spend the better part of a week of critical debate time indulging the personal bias of the membership against homosexuality and tolerance. That wasted time, landed us on the sanctions list and it took André some time to walk that back, get Bills passed and move us away from that scope. She also opted to give Fintech companies an open sandbox to play in the SEZ that led to multiple SEC indictments and penalties…still going. If that’s Tara’s legacy, then no thanks.
You lost me at the list. Andre has a lot to answer for – had he done what he said he was going to do this group of so called independent and MAC in the drivers seat would not have been on power. Julie Hunter – now what do we know about her track record – nothing! Maybe she wrote this 🙂
Where would we be if Andre hadn’t worked tirelessly to get us off the grey list? And then after that, his team has 16 bills passed?
Cayman is too reliant on thinking we will always have the silver spoon because we are ‘Cayman.’ But no, it doesn’t work like that. Other jurisdictions are bringing fierce competition and if we don’t get the right people into office, Cayman is going to go down a dark road. Complacency is a killer.
I think you have overlooked the role of our current electoral system in creating this mess.
The current system:
– fails to attract the most able candidates, offering generous pay rises to people who struggle to get real jobs in the private sector and at the same time offering the best and brightest Caymanians nothing but a pay cut and a premature end to their careers.
– fails to make good use of our tiny talent pool, and at the same time creates bitterness and resentment, by forcing candidates to pick a district and run against a dug-in incumbent (or worse, other good candidates).
– fails to reward, or even punishes, people who put the interests of the nation above the interests of their district, powerful interest groups or influential constituents.
– results in a government perenially balanced on a political knife-edge because no group or party can ever have a majority of more than one or two MPs. A two-seat majority would be 58% of parliament, which no party in the UK or US ever achieves. As the least competent MPs naturally lose influence in their party, the appeal of breaking away grows till it becomes irresistible. Those MPs can then hold the entire government to ransom with the threat of a no confidence vote if they don’t get their way.
I woulr respectfully propose three changes to the electoral system that would attract better candidates and translate to a more competent, more stable and less fractious government.
1. Create an additional 8 national seats. Give every voter one vote for a candidate in their district plus five votes for national candidates. This will avoid pitting good candidates against one another and allow both candidates and parties to run on a platform of national interests rather than parochial ones.
2. Pay Ministers (and the Premier) 20% above their most recent salary, subject to a maximum of say $300,000 and a minimum of say $150,000.
3. Make serving as a backbench MP a part-time role akin to jury service with a much lower salary (say $30,000). This will allow good people to run without sacrificing their successful careers, at the same lowering the incentive for those without successful careers to run. This will also reduce the threat of corruption by powerful individuals or groups on whose support the candidates come to depend.
Do agree with the general premise here – as unpopular as it would be in the short term – part of the answer is more seats – a Parliament cannot function with 19 members where 8 of that number are ministers it’s that simple
The Cabinet is meant to be a tiny fraction of Parliament not nearly half of the members
Cut their pay there is no reason the Premier and Speaker and Minister at our around 200k per annum and increase the total number of seats to somewhere in the range of 30 – split the constituencies into populations of roughly 800 people – that would be the first of many steps of Constitutional reform that is needed to make the system actually work.
I disagree, when it comes to employees, you generally get what you pay for.
If we offer 150k we will attract those current earning under 100. They have to price in the long term career harm and extra workload.
I know 100 is a lot to many people but it’s nothing compared to the level bright and hard working Caymanians can earn in financial services or tech jobs. And those are the people we need.
Ask any company and they will tell you. Exec salaries are not the place to scrimp. You pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
A good article but your obviously don’t know travelling Kathy Ebanks Wilks. I watched Andre make a fool of himself yesterday asking questions to try and look smart.
He failed to name one person in his Ministry who worked their butt off to make him look good. While The Premier named out the Chief Officer and others.
Andre you are making a total fool of yourself. Fire whoever is giving you advice.
Your point appears to be that sycophancy is a core component of an MP’s job. No one except those civil servants and their family members care who gets the credit. What the rest of us care about is something being done. Andre is one of the few good ones on that front.
Your shining lights of sycophancy probably had to give people the credit because they had no hand in the accomplishments of their ministry.
A large part of the problem is that we have the Westminster system of appointing Government MPs as ministers. This works OK in Westminster where the Government has a pool of more than 300 MPs to choose its minsters from. In Cayman it means every Government MP has to be minister of something, and sadly most of them aren’t capable of running the proverbial whelk stall. We would be better off with a presidential system – direct election of a premier who appoints whoever he wants to run government departments, and MPs who just do legislation. Let’s not pretend that they are up to the job of Government.
Puzzled by all the down-thumbs. What’s not to like and how would you propose to reform the system?
Character matters.
What defines that? Certainly not SIPL, the ACC, or the fabled hope of applicable Nolan Principles. Convicted criminals, including those with convictions for violence and/or moral turpitude, are able to qualify for office again and again, to handle money, direct ministry policy, and create legislation for themselves and cronies. When will the electorate take the necessary steps to change the rules to disqualify these feather-nesters?
Marco Archer?
Tara Rivers?
Roy McTaggart?
Babara Connolly?
I’m not certain I can take the rest of this piece seriously if these are the names on your list of competent ‘respectful, professional and focused on the hard work at hand’ – its basically just a recycled list of PPM cogs who spent their term(s) in office toeing the party line at every turn. The people who smiled along as the damage was done are not going to suddenly swoop in and be heralds of the required changes.
That egregious claim aside – you are partially right: Independents didn’t break our political system. They just showed the inherent flaws with trying to transpose the Westminster System to the scale of what is effectively a town council – if we want Parliament to work – we need a real Parliament with a house that is not made up of 8 ministers (total number not the current number) & parliamentary secretaries who ‘report’ to themselves as there are no backbenches and no one to replace them when the need arises. Which is why people like Mckeeva are always around to step in and fill the gaps for whatever the government of the day has. Its why we don’t have MPs who are preparing to take leadership roles in future governments we just have different mixes of the same faces that have been in office since the turn of the millennium. This ratio of Ministers to members is also why no one can be fired or replaced for poor performance, ethical breaches or mishaps, when the numerical majority holding up a government is 1-2 people you can’t piss those people off – even when they are incompetent or poor performing.
A Parliament which is made up of 60% or more Ministers and junior ministers all of whom have direct monetary incentives to simply back government proposals to continue collecting their cushy salaries and a tiny entirely powerless opposition within a body which is in in session for maybe 20-25 days out of a calendar year is never going to function as intended.
Parliament needs to be in longer sessions, with actual debates, rolling agendas and with actual hearings on matters of importance not decisions made in advance in caucus with Parliament simply rubber stamping all matters, Ministers should be making policy announcements in Parliament not on radio shows or social media posts – they should then immediately be interrogated where needed on those policies by the Opposition. A government should actually have to convince their backbenches who are not ministers or junior ministers to support their policies not for their own monetary gain via the survival of the government. Governments here are too concerned with the Chamber of Commerce and other special interest groups made up of persons whose primary interests are maximizing profit, importing workers and keeping wages low while they charge an arm an a leg for basic goods and services with little to no oversights and restrictions.
The root of the issue has never been whether or not there are parties in place, it’s the quality of candidate, the places and persons those candidates turn to for funding for their campaigns. the motivation that those candidates have once elected and the fact that our institutions especially parliamentary institutions despite all assertions otherwise act in an entirely unserious manner.
Great observations, but broadly unhelpful since you also noted it would require a scale we’d be unwilling to accept to emulate those aspects of government and legislative body. So since Westminster, by your estimation, is doomed in our context, what’s an alternative approach appropriate to our size? (Rather than just a description of how it would in principle work if we just had a lot more MPs)
Marco Archer was the only competent minister of the last 15 years. So obviously they got rid of him pretty quick.
Idjut! He was voted out, 9:11. Stop your Trump-like lies!
A member of Parliament while debates were going on was on Amazon buying shoes and jackets. He needs to look good for his job of course.
It is very, very important that we limit Caymanian politicians to multi-generational Caymanians, because they have done *SO* well over the past 25 years I have lived here. Where would we be without the stunning achievements of JonJon’s driving, JuJu’s CI$500,000-per-head Brac “JuJu Memorial School”, Kenneth’s Barbados flights, Mac’s status grants, etc. I have status, but I truly respect that per the Cayman Creed I am only a transitional interloper. Only until three generations of navel cords have been buried in the Caymanian soil of S̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ Five Mile Beach is one bestowed with the mystical honor of participating in the holy ritual of dropping a mL of blood into a dead conch shell on a full moon night while riding a donkey through Jerusa- I mean Bodden Town. Once you throw said conch shell into the harbor you’re now considered a Blood Caymanian, and you too can drink-drive with impunity, block political financing transparency laws, destroy your children’s educational system, whip up xenophobia to mask your own incompetence and corruption, and embrace the sweet, sweet taste of expat work permit fees which allow you to live like Caymanian Royalty, lording it over the peasant fools who you tricked into electing you. Limiting political candidates to multi-generational Caymanians seems like a great system! With the best of intentions!! What could possibly go wrong!!!
The Cayman Islands struggle to attract competent, professionally qualified locals to political office due to several interrelated factors.
The lucrative and globally employable careers in professional services like finance and law offer better incentives than local politics, which lacks career longevity and mobility. For honest Caymanians, politics is a thankless task with limited scope for advancement or lateral movement, especially on a small island where political experience holds little value elsewhere.
The high cost of living, extreme weather, and indirect taxation through work permit fees diminish the appeal of risking a political career that binds individuals to the island.
Strict eligibility requirements mandating multi-generational Caymanian heritage drastically narrow the candidate pool, leading to a shallow gene pool and removing any leadership diversity and innovation. Cultural pressures, fear of public scrutiny, and a lack of institutional support further deter qualified individuals.
The heavy reliance on an expatriate workforce, who are ineligible for political office, exacerbates the issue.
Collectively, these factors create a near-total absence of capable locals willing to enter politics, posing challenges to effective governance and the islands’ future development.
Agree with the first half of this but as soon as we get to the criticising generational Caymanians being the only ones able to run you lose me
People can and do earn the right to vote here and I have no issues with that, but Caymanians – with established ties and roots should be the ones who are holding political office changes on that front would directly disadvantage a people already in the minority in their own country.
Aside from that – they will never vote for it so its a moot point. There are alternatives that should be the focus of persons unhappy with the status quo – Caymanians are not going to give ground on that area.
Why should Caymanian children, born and brought up here their entire lives, be ineligible to stand for election because of where their parents or grandparents were born? Why are some parts of the electorate treated as so fundamentally untrustworthy as to not even deserve the right to put themselves forward to represent their fellow citizens?
If you are good enough to vote, you should be good enough to stand.
These rules have nothing to do with the protection of Cayman interests and everything to do with insulating politicians and their backers from challenge.
Pick Caymanians regardless of generational status randomly from the voter rolls and if they have a clean record and a college degree (real college) than allow them to serve for one 4 year term with the ability to only serve one additional term.
Enforce bribery laws and imprison people engaging in such.
Where else in the world can immigrants on work visas vote?
They certainly can’t here.
The Caymanian grandparent standard is a complete failure. It does not confer allegiance, brains, integrity, solvency, moral fiber, or a cool head. From the looks of things, perhaps the opposite. It needs to be replaced with “lawfully resident Caymanians without history of criminal convictions, or serious civil penalties, born in Cayman”, and let the voters decide if that is a sufficient differentiating qualifier to improve the field of leadership and decision-making – because that’s what it is supposed to be.
We better get this right soon though, otherwise we are on a slippery slide to a “banana republic”. Too much political expedience and “riding the fence” none of the MPs willing to face difficult decisions of undertake the BHAGs (Big Hairy Audatious Goals). They only seem to be able to constituency “sugar daddies” and “sugar mamma’s”. Events for every occasion/holiday, but too exhausted to tackle the big Issues.
Are we willing to change, whether it is Parties or Independents? I doubt it, Caymanians like to complain but we “want our cake and want to eat it too”…
Hmmm..basic point made but listing specific persons…this article looks, reads and sounds like a pre campaign article and not written by anyone based here either. Let the fun begin..
This is a great view point. It gets to the root causes of the current madness and vote buying by financiers that own and control the elected politicians. There are too many desperate, unscrupulous, uneducated and corrupt persons involved in politics and managing ministries and departments in Cayman’s world class civil circus.
I stop voting several elections ago, just got tired of voting for the least poor candidate.
Bodden Town East.
I too am from Bodden Town East. Our MP is one of the most useless (and of dubious character…a Christian drunk) in our history but he will never be voted out. His base of Caymanians of a certain type just like him and Jamaicans recently given status will never desert him.
independents will never work. we need stability, not people who cant work with each other because they all ran on a different message and platform.
Parties have fared no better in Cayman – both the PPM and UDP were elected with their own majorities only once – in 2005 and 2009 respectively every government we have had since 2012 has been a coalition government
2005 – PPM majority
2009 – UDP Majority
2013 – the PPM worked with C4C and independents after failing to elect a majority. People also often forget during that Parliament that Winston Connolly, Anthony Eden and Alva Suckoo all left the coalition prior to the 2017 election
2017 – The PPM worked with the UDP and independents to form their ‘Government of National Unity” (most of the Independents who formed this coalition were voted out in 2021)
2021 – Coalition of Independents and the remnants of the UDP form a government
Jay Ebanks threw a big party at the North Side Dock on Saturday night. Drinks, food and fireworks galore. I wonder where that money came from. How is it that he gets to throw big parties on Public Land?
He ordered NRA to put speed bumps on the main road which I believe is not lawful. So I hope no one in North Side needs an ambulance as in a life and death situation they will have to drive slow. Why are the senior civil servants bowing to this stupidity?
Why doesn’t someone FOI how much money he has spent from government coffers as a “sponsor”.
He campaigned against serving the elite yet he had no problem with government buying him a shiny SUV to drive around.
Paving roads has not improved the quality of life for the people of North Side.
Building an open air basketball court next to swampy water that is not being used.
He is part of a government that has expensed over a billion dollars and counting. They can’t even payout out scholarships now!
North Side people please look at the bigger picture. Is the free parties solving your struggles to deal with the rising cost of living?
You should be very concerned that the over half a billion of debt now on the country’s books will come back to haunt your children and grandchildren.
Let’s get practical. Covid 19 shook the entire planet and alot of people suffered financial hardships. Businesses failed. Cayman’s tourism took a big hit and small business owners have still not recovered. The point is that this government has not put aside funds in the event something happens like a major hurricane or god forbid another pandemic. They received a billion and spent a billion. Does that make sense to you??? Do you really think this is sustainable?
The bible speaks about this – give a man a fish he eats for the day, teach a man to fish he eats for life.
Jay will not teach you to fish. I would rather eat for life.
Wouldn’t you?
Developers sponsor the party.
You lost me at Wayne Panton. The architect of the mess we are currently in!!
A hot steaming mess.
Julianna, Jon Jon, Jay and Isaac were all signed up with the PPM. Say no more.
Mckeeva, Joey, Juju, Jon Jon and Kenny have to go they are all working for their sponsors in private sector not the people.
Saunders too, he is working to return Cayman to the control of his Native land, Jamaica.
I differ from the opinion at 7:59am. The man who got us into this mess was Alden McLaughlin (now Sir Alden) when he introduced single member constituencies. Now all it takes is a persuasive candidate who can charm, buy or otherwise influence around 300 people. -or maybe even fewer.
As opposed to the old system which gave men like Alden and Mckeeva unchecked power if they got their 1000 or so votes to vote the party line?
I will take OMOV where the PPM struggles to win outside of GT and the sister Islands over them winning GT and BT and being guaranteed to be the government at every election due to vote splitting among other candidates.
People need to stop acting like Cayman suddenly became dysfunctional in 2017 with OMOV
9.51pm You forget that Wayne was the behind the scenes leader of PPM at the time you say Alden gave us One Man One Vote.(as if that is the problem).