We have a democratic process in this country, but no democracy.

Polls done by the late Carl Stone and others in relation to hanging, since the early '80s, have shown that the majority of Jamaicans support hanging.

If any member of parliament should dare to defy the majority of her or his constituents, then they should vote him or her out the next election.

Oligarchic financing

In the economic sphere, we have a few oligarchs who 'run things', whether it is the People's National Party tribe or the Jamaica Labour Party tribe in power. The oligarchs are the financiers of the parties and it is only a question of how much a particular party is willing to allow itself to be used by the oligarchs.

Maybe one or both of the political tribes could learn from Barack Obama and seek their election financing from a very broad base, so in the event of them wining, they will not be beholden to the oligarchs.

The greed of the Jamaican oligarchs, like Wall Street, has no boundaries, and when story comes to bump, the next time, there will be no bailouts. Fire burning, burning!

I am, etc.,

WAYNE COKE

purecoke@hotmail.com