Crime is destroying the society

Jan 15, 2019 Letters

Dear Editor

Serious crimes are rising in Guyana daily among very young people. Crime can be defined as:” any action or offence that defies a state or country and is punishable by law.”
Crime has many definitions. In fact, the most common thing about these definitions is that crime is punishable. Crime cuts across many disciplines such as sociology, psychology, and criminology.”
As I watched the news I saw the High Court Judges in their magnificent parades. The
news reporter gave a stunning report about rape cases topping the list and murder among many other heinous crimes in Guyana. Then I saw a mind-boggling story of some guys in Berbice who gave a younger guy a $5000 to purchase a bottle of rum but he took the money and went away. But he was murdered by the same guys who gave him the money.
For just $5000 people can kill a person because of their dishonesty. I also discovered that dishonesty, lying, cheating, frauds, drug dealing, and family breakdown are contributing factors to crime. Dishonesty and lying are very rampant among people in high offices, and that leads to corruption.
I have had experiences where people told me they called me but never did – my caller ID read zero; their texts or emails never arrived. Though we have crimes from street rogues, white collar crimes are fast infiltrating our nation among the elites.
Guyana is too small a country for so many rapes, murders, and robberies, and now rape is increasing among minibus drivers and taxi drivers. More police work needs to be done among drivers and bus conductors who move around with females on a daily routine.
I believe the family breakdown in Guyana is a key contributing factor to kids growing up without proper parents, without guidance, thus grow up illiterate and take to a life of crime and drugs.
Gun crime is rising; too many young people carry guns and drugs. More police and soldier patrols are needed. Just recently bandits took away guns from female security guards and stole a safe that belongs to NIS. It’s ridiculous these guards have guns and thieves without guns robbed a government entity, and we see that all the time.
We need to put our soldiers to guard government buildings. The GDF does nothing for Guyana, and they get paid for doing absolutely nothing.
Illiteracy has become a major problem in this country. In our prisons more than 60% of prisoners are illiterates or functional illiterates. Most of these prisoners are from broken families, they have no education or skill to get a job, so crime has become a lifestyle for them.
The problem here is too much ‘live home’ and ‘tek up’ lifestyles – the sanctity of marriage and family values is thrown out the window. Many parents too are to be blamed, they never teach their children to work or discipline them when they do wrong things, so they inculcate very bad habits.
I spoke to a headmaster recently, and he told me the children today are extremely rude and immoral, and parents help to contribute to the perpetual moral decline in society. When persons start to lead a life of crime, it’s good for the police to investigate the family background of those persons.
Many people blame the government for not working. However the fact is a lot of people in this country are extremely lazy. They just want to dress fancy and hang by a night spot to rob people.
If the Courts impose stricter laws the crime will cease and I believe in the death penalty for proper justice to be delivered to those that are hurting. We need reform in the judiciary in Guyana. I say so because many criminals have connections. They can commit heinous crimes and receive very light sentences or walk free.
We should have a ”no bail” system for many offences, because many of these criminals will commit more crimes once they are loosed. But we have the problem of overcrowding in the prisons.
Unemployment is a serious factor that influences crimes. We also have had massive migration for the past fifty years. Our people our looking for jobs and better living conditions abroad, but we can change all that here with a proper, visionary plan to lead this nation.
Guyana needs young intelligent minds to lead the nation into contemporary circumstances. Our old politicians failed us in job creation, they took away jobs but created none. Guyana is a nation too young to die, even as the half-educated are fighting for power again like crabs in a barrel.

Regards,
Rev. Dr. Gideon Cecil

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