“For many, ‘representation’ is synonymous with political reward, or patronage. Ministerial posts are also now used as a means of ensuring loyalty, or at least acceptance of the government approach. Prime Ministers wish to appoint those who are loyal: both to the party and to his or her own position as party leader.”–(Young and Hazel, 2011).

In my childhood years I could only recall a maximum of four times when my mother felt it was necessary reprimand me in true Belizean style. One of those times occurred when I was about eight years old, and I decided to jokingly throw politically charged obloquies at our neighbour whose relation to a highly ranked area representative made him a “politically exposed” person (if I may use that term loosely).  Continue reading →