And so while these land clinics seem like a generally good thing, taking much sought after services to the people and all….are they really? Or is their appeal as outreach really just a testament to the fact that the system is so hopelessly broken that you can't get ANYTHING done in Belmopan.
And, why does the Minister have to Lord over the proceedings?
That's what reform advocate Dylan Vernon poignantly asked last night on Uncut:
Dr. Dylan Vernon, Reform Advocate
"Why should someone have to line up to see a minister to get a piece of land? Why? Why couldn't it be a more formal system, a more merit-based system where the public service works? But when the public service doesn't work, people will go to their minister. Now, if we can -"
Jules Vasquez
"So you believe land clinics which are P-UDP, both of them did it, infringe that in terms of 'yes I am going to the land clinic, the minister will be there' - Hugo Patt, Cordel Hyde, whomever."
Dr. Dylan Vernon, Reform Advocate
"And 'I the minister am giving this to you' is the message that we got. When we begin to believe that this is normal and this is how we get things done, it is going to be more and more difficult to fix how it should really be done; where land distribution for example, scholarship distribution should not be that you have to go to a politician to beg for it or to ask for it and the distaste that all that entails. So, again, making reforms that prevent this discretionary power that ministers have is one of the things I think we have to address."
