For al­most two decades FFOS has lob­bied for pro­cure­ment leg­is­la­tion. Every elec­tion we are duped with promis­es, and then af­ter the elec­tion the pro­cure­ment bill is left to gath­er cob­web while the Op­po­si­tion sits com­fort­ably await­ing its turn at the prospect of a feed­ing fren­zy–and oh boy, have we seen glut­to­nous fren­zies!

We are not sur­prised that af­ter spend­ing over $200 bil­lion in four years this Gov­ern­ment now, on the eve of the 2015 gen­er­al elec­tions, is cre­at­ing fan­fare with the same promis­es which we have heard, ad nau­se­am.Our Min­is­ter of Plan­ning must be com­mend­ed for his ef­forts but he should be mind­ful that there are many who pre­fer the sta­tus quo and will silent­ly un­der­mine his al­tru­is­tic ef­forts.

Ter­rence Bed­doe,

Gary Aboud,

Fish­er­men and Friends of the Sea