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When there is a vacuum in intellect it must be matched with noise
Jan 28, 2011 Letters
Dear Editor,
I would want to encourage all Guyana to take a minute silence with the families of Lusignan who lost their loved ones on January 26, 2008 in a massacre. Eleven persons were killed including five children.
The following is what the PPP promised in their 2006 manifesto with respect to crime.
• Reform the security system to reduce violent crime and improve public safety – PPP failed;
• Create a SWAT Team to tackle serious crime – PPP failed;
• Use the best international expertise to assist the fight against crime – the PPP chased the British.
The AFC will be launching its Action Plan (the modern word, the communist use the word manifesto) on January 29, 2010 at Ocean View Hotel at 4 pm. This is just three strategies the AFC will do once in power:
• Establish a Ministry of Justice and National Security (MJNS) to better coordinate all aspects of public safety, border security, and public order;
• Appoint a specialised Anti-Crime Unit (ACU) comprising GDF and GPF personnel in all Police Divisions and to be headed by a GDF officer on secondment to confront violent and armed criminals;
• Start the Police/Schools partnership programme by assigning a dedicated officer to each school with whom they can work on “Get to know the Police” workshops, etc;
• Giving the DEA permission to set up a local facility;
• Re-engaging the British, USA and other friendly Governments for technical and financial assistance to reform the Joint Services;
• Contract out administrative duties not related to crime fighting to independent agencies through a series of transparent bidding processes or transfer them to other Government Agencies, freeing police officers to fight crime;
• Fund the University of Guyana and other institutions of learning to continuously assess the changes and developments within the society that influence crime and recommend approaches to confronting them;
• Complete the implementation of recommendations of the Disciplined Forces Commission, Symonds Group Report, and CARICOM Task Force on Crime & Security Report.
This is just a snippet of what the AFC will do for the people of Guyana with respect to crime. The AFC have no-nonsense, committed people who will ensure it is done.
There is nothing to compare. Mahaica market “goat na’ bite me” people can never be compared with the brains of a Khemraj or a Sheila or a Raphael. I can now understand the cuss down that is happening in parliament from the Government benches, when there is a vacuum in intellect, it must be matched with noise.
Sasenarine Singh
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