Crime and Punishment, Part Two

Crime et punition, partie deux
I used the above line to get your attention.
In a previous post, I outlined some drastic thoughts and actions towards curbing the ridiculous crime rate in Jamaica. I challenged anyone reading it to adopt some course of action to abate the high level of crime in Jamrock. I wrote to Geoff Brown (Jamaica Observer, columnist) and made mention of my posting. I knew he read it, according to my statistics.

In the Jamaica Observer, Column Section, dated January 12, 2008, there is a strdent article on this subject, penned by Gordon Robinson, and I quote:

Successive governments have shamefully shirked their responsibility to reduce violent crime and this one has made it clear that, as a government, it is new but not different.
Based on his public statements, the minister with portfolio responsibility for crime takes the view that the government has discharged its duty by appointing an outside-the-box commissioner of police and leaving the rest to him. This is a dangerously false premise. The responsibility for the reduction of crime lies squarely with the government and is a function of policy. The police merely implement that policy, serve and protect.

You can read the article in its entirety here

The present Government, had the luxury of 18 years to see and feel, but in power now, they stick to the phrase "Nero fiddles while Rome Burns". The termites are eating the country to its very bones, and those termites are called "criminals and corruption". Two years ago, the then Opposition party (now the ruling Government), commissioned the Macmillan Report. This report outlined the policy and methods that should be utilized in reducing the crime rate in Jamaica. When they made it public, it was with much fanfare and beating of the chest. So the question I beg to ask is "Whre is this infamous Macmillan Report", has it been shelved never to see the light of day or are they using mirrors in the pretense of calling a snap election.

It would appear to this blogger that neither the previous administration nor the present JLP in power, have demonstrated any long term vision for Jamaica. They have not mapped out any strategy to arrive at any goals and that is a sad state of affairs, and what an affair of state. The power that they were given in the last election, seems to have made them afraid to deliver the political fortitude required in the Jamaican way of governance(Westminister Protocol).

Absolute Power, corrupts absolutely.

Walk Good