Developed country vs banana republic

THE EDITOR: Last Friday the Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg, was fined 20,000 Norwegian kroner ($16,100) by the police for breaching covid19 protocols.

For her 60th birthday in February she had organised a dinner for 13 members of her family at a restaurant. This was in contravention of the maximum of ten allowed for a private event.

Ironically, she did not attend as she had to go to hospital to deal with an eye issue. However, the police held her responsible for the breach.

She publicly apologised to the nation and paid the fine.

This contrasts sharply with TT, where an attorney general breached covid19 regulations and it was passed off as a big pappyshow.

Can it be that one is a so-called developed country and the other is a so-called "wannabe" banana republic?

LINUS F DIDIER

Mt Hope