Dear Editor,
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness is correct when he points to the failure of the Dudus-era state of emergency to ferret out the criminal gangs which are said to be significant contributors to the latest crime wave.
However, he has some explaining to do when he blames the then Opposition PNP for the failure to extend it, as he points to the lack of PNP support for the Bruce Golding Administration in that crucial Gordon House vote.
Did the voters not give the JLP a majority, albeit a thin one, in the 2007 election? Was that not a mandate to govern? Was it not a simple majority vote that was required to extend the state of emergency, a measure supported by a majority of Jamaicans and deemed the number one national issue?
Was it not the failure of the JLP to get all its 32 members to vote for the extension that led to the end of the state of emergency...and the subsequent upsurge in crime?
Just asking.
Errol W A Townshend
Ontario, Canada
ewat@rogers.com
Opposition Leader Andrew Holness is correct when he points to the failure of the Dudus-era state of emergency to ferret out the criminal gangs which are said to be significant contributors to the latest crime wave.
However, he has some explaining to do when he blames the then Opposition PNP for the failure to extend it, as he points to the lack of PNP support for the Bruce Golding Administration in that crucial Gordon House vote.
Did the voters not give the JLP a majority, albeit a thin one, in the 2007 election? Was that not a mandate to govern? Was it not a simple majority vote that was required to extend the state of emergency, a measure supported by a majority of Jamaicans and deemed the number one national issue?
Was it not the failure of the JLP to get all its 32 members to vote for the extension that led to the end of the state of emergency...and the subsequent upsurge in crime?
Just asking.
Errol W A Townshend
Ontario, Canada
ewat@rogers.com