Dear Editor,
I write today not just as an activist, but as a son of Region 10 who deeply cares about our people, our progress, and our dignity. It pains me to see the works of Region 10 stalled because the constitutionally required election of our Regional Chairman and Regional Vice Chairman is still outstanding. This delay has gone on far too long, and the people who feel it most are the ordinary residents who depend on a functioning council for development and stability.
Everyday people in Region 10, parents, teachers, farmers, workers, small business owners, are depending on decisions that our RDC should already be making. When leadership is held up, their lives are held up too. That is not fair. Our people deserve better.
The Regional Executive Officer, who serves as the clerk of the council, has a responsibility to ensure that this process moves forward. Yet here we are, still waiting. Whether it is due to a lack of urgency or a failure to carry out what is required, the result is the same: Region 10 is being slowed down when we should be moving ahead. This is not about politics, this is about people, Real people whose needs cannot wait.
That is why I am respectfully calling on the Minister Priya Manickchand to intervene. When a process that should be straightforward becomes prolonged to the point that it hampers the daily work of the region, then higher leadership must step in. Our community’s development, our planning, and our basic functioning are too important to be left in limbo.
Region 10 has always been strong, resilient, and united. We have faced many challenges and risen above them. But our democracy must work for us, not against us. We cannot allow administrative delays to hold back the hopes and progress of an entire region.
I ask on behalf of the residents, families, and workers of Region 10, that this constitutional process be completed without further delay. Let our council function. Let development move forward. And let the people of Region 10 finally receive the leadership and respect they deserve.