PR – The Democratic People’s Movement (DPM) is calling out the Dickon Mitchell administration for what party leader Peter David describes as a systematic pattern of withholding crucial information from the Grenadian public.
David points to recent revelations about Ghanaian nurses being recruited to work at Grenada hospitals—a development the Public Workers Union, and the local Nursing Council and Nurses Association learned about through Ghanaian media, rather than their own government here.
“How many nurses are coming? When are they arriving? What are they being paid? Nobody knows,’’ David stated. “A nurse with 30 years of service—still on contract, still unable to get a mortgage—is being told she must train these new arrivals while burnt out and underpaid. And, she wasn’t even consulted.’’
The DPM leader also referenced undisclosed discussions about accepting foreign deportees, which came to light during a recent interview with the prime minister. “There were discussions, apparently a counter proposal. We still haven’t seen what happened,’’ David noted.
David highlighted the disappearance of weekly post-cabinet press briefings and the prime minister’s own admission that, “information is now shared on a need-to-know basis’’.
“Why are journalists required to submit questions in advance? Why are press conferences structured so that the government talks for 45 minutes and the media gets barely any time?’’ David questioned the administration, accusing it of starving local media of information and access.
“This isn’t about any single decision. This is about a pattern,’’ David emphasized. “A government that doesn’t consult, treats transparency like a threat, and acts like questions themselves are the problem.’’
With general elections approaching, David urged Grenadians to examine the leadership they were promised versus what they’re receiving.
