Where are our Leaders?

Mar 13, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Kaieteur News – It’s with a heavy heart that I read of an 11-year-old that was executed during a burglary in a Sophia home invasion. Looking at a picture of this happy child I see my grandson.
Where are the Crime Chief, the Police Commissioner, the Minister of Home Affairs? Enough is enough! No more flowery rhetoric from the ineffective leadership. No more speeches about crime statistics or empty promises about crime fighting. The proof is on the ground, in these troubled neighbourhoods where people are afraid once darkness approaches. Everyday, the news is riddled with criminal activities such as, rapes, murders, robberies, carjackings, corruption, smuggling, drug trafficking to list a few.
What kind of an animal shoots an 11-year-old dead? The President needs to take the lead on this issue directly. His surrogates are not only failing him but failing the society. Mr. President, although you are to be commended for taking the lead on providing roads, schools, water, electricity, infrastructure and financial assistance to households, your main goal FIRST and FOREMOST is to protect your people. Ask anyone who wants to return to Guyana what their primary concern is, and unanimously the answer will be crime and lack of security. Leadership is not installing staunch party supporters that enabled a PPP victory to positions of critical importance. That was done by the previous administration, how did that work for them? Don’t be afraid to remove and replace ineffective personnel, they are a reflection of your leadership or lack thereof. There are too many traffic cops enforcing dark window tint on vehicles and minor traffic infractions, put them to patrol affected neighbourhoods. Visual deterrence works, I have seen it in neighbourhoods in foreign countries.
If the Guyana Police Force is incapable of providing this blanket of security, look to external agencies to provide a strategy to fight crime. Guyana can now afford to do something to put a halt to this senseless crime. Something needs to be done, and the time to step up and act is now. Enough is enough!

Dave Singh

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