Dear Editor,
It is a funny thing about that saying ‘when the shoe is on the other foot’, because in one case it refers to a moment that gives us insight into the intricacies of situations that we could not understand if we were not faced with said situation, and in the second case, having never been in that situation, we feel like the person caught up in this is unlucky or just plain silly.
Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on security, has lived both cases, one when the shoe was on his foot as minister, and now with the shoe on the other foot, as Opposition.
I seem to remember under his Administration that the crime rate was particularly high in fact, I remember him pleading for divine intervention to help to address the issues of violence and crime and calling for the nation to pray for peace. I don’t know about anyone else, but that was not so long ago, and I can recall his very approach clearly.
With a mere seven months under his belt, National Security Minister Robert “Bobby” Montague is just getting his footing in a ministry that is extremely demanding. Yes it covers policing, but there is so much more that is the responsibility of the such a minister, which no doubt Bunting knows. It is mind-boggling to me how, now that he is out of the position, Bunting has all the answers to fix the challenges of the post.
I heard him making the rounds on the radio stations last week, and I was appalled by his approach. Opposition does not translate into opposing everything the Government does, says, or tries to implement. I did not hear of any grand plans when he was minister, so why now does he presume to know what is best?
His hypocrisy astounds me, and I appeal to him and every member of the Opposition to stop and really look at Jamaica for a moment. Think about where we are in comparison to our Caribbean neighbours, where our crime rate is, where we want to be in five years, and create real measures to help the Government get there.
Bunting is still a political representative, so I ask him to represent. This is not a cockfight; it is a partnership, it is a joint effort between Opposition and the Government, and, yes, regular people like me.
Every good fight takes time, and we have a major task ahead of us. Let us come together to contribute to the fight and stop tearing down, with words, what is being done. It is not at all insignificant, like some are suggesting.
Stephanie Chambers
Manchester
stephchambers876@gmail.com
It is a funny thing about that saying ‘when the shoe is on the other foot’, because in one case it refers to a moment that gives us insight into the intricacies of situations that we could not understand if we were not faced with said situation, and in the second case, having never been in that situation, we feel like the person caught up in this is unlucky or just plain silly.
Peter Bunting, the Opposition spokesman on security, has lived both cases, one when the shoe was on his foot as minister, and now with the shoe on the other foot, as Opposition.
I seem to remember under his Administration that the crime rate was particularly high in fact, I remember him pleading for divine intervention to help to address the issues of violence and crime and calling for the nation to pray for peace. I don’t know about anyone else, but that was not so long ago, and I can recall his very approach clearly.
With a mere seven months under his belt, National Security Minister Robert “Bobby” Montague is just getting his footing in a ministry that is extremely demanding. Yes it covers policing, but there is so much more that is the responsibility of the such a minister, which no doubt Bunting knows. It is mind-boggling to me how, now that he is out of the position, Bunting has all the answers to fix the challenges of the post.
I heard him making the rounds on the radio stations last week, and I was appalled by his approach. Opposition does not translate into opposing everything the Government does, says, or tries to implement. I did not hear of any grand plans when he was minister, so why now does he presume to know what is best?
His hypocrisy astounds me, and I appeal to him and every member of the Opposition to stop and really look at Jamaica for a moment. Think about where we are in comparison to our Caribbean neighbours, where our crime rate is, where we want to be in five years, and create real measures to help the Government get there.
Bunting is still a political representative, so I ask him to represent. This is not a cockfight; it is a partnership, it is a joint effort between Opposition and the Government, and, yes, regular people like me.
Every good fight takes time, and we have a major task ahead of us. Let us come together to contribute to the fight and stop tearing down, with words, what is being done. It is not at all insignificant, like some are suggesting.
Stephanie Chambers
Manchester
stephchambers876@gmail.com