Dear Mr./Mdme. Editor,
Miss Rose taught me in grade 9 that I can write letters to the Editors of local news, so I’m giving it a try. My letter concerns the front runner of the SFA President elections, Amanda Slew. I voted for Amanda last year and I had every intent to vote again but her recent decision to not participate in the debates has left me indecisive. Debates are designed so that the people can engage their leaders and see how they address their most daring concerns. Any leader truly concerned about their constituents will become eager to meet them at their level. Kisjaun, Quia-More and Candice are all new to the scene and probably the most nervous but they are humbling themselves and submitting to the people’s questions but Amanda is TOO BIG? TOO HYPE? TOO BUSY to meet with the people? To answer the people’s questions? HAS IT ALL IN THE BAG? And its so interesting because last year when student council kept their elections Amanda had the loudest voice and the harshest criticism and now when it’s the peoples turn to ask her what she thinks is best for us, she backs away? Is that hypocrisy I smell? Reducing us to whatsapp status? And guidance group messages? And funny stickers? She has not even been elected but she’s telling us no and being absent already, Can you imagine if she’s elected?
It cannot be taken for granted that her manifesto is well understood by everyone and largely accepted unless it means not answering the phone when duty calls. How am I suppose to vote for a leader who cannot demonstrate that she’s willing to vote for me? I’m a Christian and my pastor always says “He that exalteth himself, shall be abased”. Amanda has taken the people for granted in basically saying that “I don’t have to turn up for you, like all the other candidates, neither do I have to respond directly to your concerns or questions, you’re going to vote for me anyway, and I’m going to win”. Atleast, that’s what my friend said when I asked her what she thinks and she’s new. You know those politicians that know if you are die-hard PNP or JLP so they don’t have to bother visit your home or district? Being taken for granted DONT FEEL NICE. That’s the message Amanda is sending to her camp and she might not know it, but her camp is listening and are deciding to either vote against her or not vote at all, because when all the HARE fans run onto Youtube to see their candidate, all the WARD fans run on to see their candidate, all the BROWN fans run on to see their candidate, like what we did for Thea Moy and Omar, Lennon and Dontae, we the slew crew will be left with “Amanda is on another call”/”declined” or “unanswered” and we know how heart breaking that is. We wont get the chance to fill chats with stickers, emojis and make memes from our candidate. You denied us the fun of the elections.
But since I’ve… “reached the voicemail box of, Amanda Slew, who’s too busy for you” Ill leave a message in the ballot box or as Dexta would say “Call somebody else”…Calling Kisjaun….Calling Candice….Calling Quia-More.
P.S its pathetic to say everybody is after you and calling the media bad, if you keep on drowning in controversy. May 2022 be kinder to us all.
-S. Campbell, a concerned grade 13 student.
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