Are Public Officers Expressing Themselves Democratically?

Cordel Hyde

Similarly, Acting Prime Minister Cordel Hyde, whose brother is an active union leader, says that public officers have the right to express themselves democratically. Here’s how he puts it.

Cordel Hyde, Acting Prime Minister

“We respect that. We are functioning in a democracy. People have the right to agitate, people have the right to make their position known forcefully at that within a democracy. We respect that, we acknowledge that, we take that into consideration. As I said, our discussions today were rather cordial as it usually is, rather productive as it usual is and it is for us to take back to our people what we discuss, what we see to be common ground, what we see to be issues where there are unresolved issues and we work on these things. And we take that into consideration. This is a democracy, we respect that, we embrace that. That’s is what this is about. And we can’t look at anybody with any kind of isms and schisms or any kind of highly critical position. This is what it is about. Ultimately I think that in this atmosphere that we are functioning, we will be able to reach an agreement that is satisfactory to all.”