Dear Editor,
I read the editorial 'National Security, Economic Councils must start talking now about crime' published in the Daily Observer, Thursday, January 9, 2014. I found the article interesting and worthy of commendation and endorsement.
Notable French poet Victor Hugo said: "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." The article in question is pregnant with ideas relevant to dealing with crime and violence in Jamaica in 2014.
Whether or not these ideas are deemed original or novel is beside the point. They are timely and are in urgent need of attention and action by the Government, in particular, and the citizens in general.
What a spectacle it would be to see our leaders jointly declaring their stance on the need for a crackdown on crime and violence in our country.
Believe it or not, the vast majority of the Jamaican electorate needs no patronage, platitude or coercion to generate their political preference. Such practices have long outlived their usefulness.
The suggestion that "the two major political parties agree, through negotiation towards consensus, to remove crime completelyout of the arena of partisan politics", is one that can withstand repetition.
Rev Dr Prince F Clemmings
Ramble Hill
St James
Joint crime crackdown needed now
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I read the editorial 'National Security, Economic Councils must start talking now about crime' published in the Daily Observer, Thursday, January 9, 2014. I found the article interesting and worthy of commendation and endorsement.
Notable French poet Victor Hugo said: "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." The article in question is pregnant with ideas relevant to dealing with crime and violence in Jamaica in 2014.
Whether or not these ideas are deemed original or novel is beside the point. They are timely and are in urgent need of attention and action by the Government, in particular, and the citizens in general.
What a spectacle it would be to see our leaders jointly declaring their stance on the need for a crackdown on crime and violence in our country.
Believe it or not, the vast majority of the Jamaican electorate needs no patronage, platitude or coercion to generate their political preference. Such practices have long outlived their usefulness.
The suggestion that "the two major political parties agree, through negotiation towards consensus, to remove crime completelyout of the arena of partisan politics", is one that can withstand repetition.
Rev Dr Prince F Clemmings
Ramble Hill
St James
Joint crime crackdown needed now
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