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POPE FRANCIS EDICT ON CRIME

Apr 07, 2017 Editorial, Features / Columnists

Guyana is being run over by criminals which is being politicized by the opposition to gain political points. However, in the hope of finding lasting solutions to the problem, the opposition should rise above its pettiness and work with the government.
This is of paramount importance as there is need for a united front on the issue of combating crime, especially with the assistance of the public to provide information on the criminals to the police. There should be a permanent mechanism or framework to ensure collaboration between the government and the opposition since crime is not the only matter for which cooperation is required.
The government has unequivocally said that the need to respond to those involved in crime is intact, vigorous and high on the agenda. The fact that crime, especially murders, is continuing it means that the authority is nowhere near to finding a solution to the problem, in spite of the billions of dollars that are being spent on national security.

The crime situation created fear and panic in the hearts of the citizens. Even children were innocently targeted as this madness grew. The brazen criminal gangs until recently had some of the most sophisticated weapons at their disposal. The current situation is now relaxed but the police should not pull back lest the nation will fall deeper into the abyss of despair and hopelessness.

Everyone must therefore press the leaders to leave no stone unturned in the search for measures to combat crime. And it has not escaped notice that crime has decline.All the bells and whistles will ring hollow if our politicians do not cooperate and further reduce crime in a substantial way.

It matters not who initiated the cooperation. It is called patriotism. A national non-partisan crusade is needed to fight crime. The truth is that crime cannot be solved by throwing money at it. The efficient allocation of resources towards the creation of jobs to alleviate poverty among the poor is a basic requirement to solving crime. It is a more realistic commitment to the national interest where the concerns for reducing crime is to be translated into measures to deal with the underlying reasons that have caused it to escalate in the first place.

Expounding on what spawns poverty and the anti-social spill-over into criminal activities by the poor, Pope Francis condemned the trickle-down economic theory and a financial system whereby money rules rather than serve. He asserted that it should be the other way around. In examining the correlation between poverty and violence, he concluded that until exclusion and inequality in society and between peoples are reversed, it will be impossible to eliminate violence.

According to the Pope, the poor and the poorer peoples are accused of violence, yet without equal opportunities the different forms of aggression and conflict will find fertile terrain for growth and eventually explode. He opined that when a society, whether local, national or global is willing to leave a part of itself on the fringes, no political programmes or resources spent on law enforcement or surveillance systems can indefinitely guarantee tranquility.

He also said that the unevenly spread of resources across the regions and among those living in extreme poverty remains high. However, dealing with crime ought not to be a partisan affair. Crime will only reduce with less poverty and the dispensing of fairness. The authority should heed the Pope’s edit on crime.

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