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All I want for Christmas is. Smith removed
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Dear Editor,
No reasonable person would expect that the new government of the JLP would immediately solve the crime problem that has confronted us for many years now. However, we expect the new government to approach the problem with some sense of purpose and preparation. After all, Mr Golding told the country that he had a capable team on the bus for which he is the driver.
We thought that during the 18 years the PNP was in government that the JLP would have spent the time trying to understand the challenges confronting the country and devise a better plan with a ready team as an alternate government, should they be elected to form the next government.
In so many areas of public affairs, the JLP government appears as if it has suddenly fallen from the sky and have the country's challenges foisted on them. Foremost among these is national security. The security minister seems to have awoke suddenly and is trying to figure out where he is and what he is to do.
What did he learn and understand while he was shadowing the portfolio for over 18 years? Was Mr Golding satisfied with Mr Smith's grasp of the security issues while he was understudying the portfolio? We must assume he was, because if the answer were otherwise then Mr Golding would be demonstrating gross dishonesty to the country and would have proven himself unworthy of the title 'Honourable'.
It was Mr Golding, as leader of the opposition, that made a great ceremony of a Crime Plan that he commissioned and offered to the then PNP government and the country to arrest the spiralling crime rate.
One would reasonably think that having got the opportunity to implement that plan, by now the government would have given an interim report to the country on the successes of that plan and whatever adjustments it was making. Instead, the minister is telling the nation that it will not panic but is analysing the crime problem. Were no analyses done in arriving at a crime plan? Or was the crime plan a farce for getting into office?
Upon taking the oath of office as prime minister, Mr Golding told the nation that the manifesto would be the blueprint for his government's administration. What is it about crime that informed the postulations of the party's manifesto? These are some questions that Mr Golding needs to answer so that we can be assured that it is not a hopeless future before us.
The country is now afraid of hearing Mr Derrick Smith speak. It is reported that Mr Smith recently said: "After all previous general elections we have seen this trend where there is a sudden lull.
Unfortunately, and surprisingly, and mysteriously after this elections that did not happen. We saw the creep in the month of October, and again in the month of November." No one wants to hear from Mr Derrick Smith about the crime problem, as he is now seen as part of the crime problem.
Mr Golding could improve the stock of his administration's 100-day performance by showing boldness and remove Mr Smith now. This would be a good Christmas present to Jamaica that would engender some hope going into the new year.
Baldwin Wynter
Greater Portmore
St Catherine
baldwin.wynter@yahoo.com
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Dear Editor,
No reasonable person would expect that the new government of the JLP would immediately solve the crime problem that has confronted us for many years now. However, we expect the new government to approach the problem with some sense of purpose and preparation. After all, Mr Golding told the country that he had a capable team on the bus for which he is the driver.
We thought that during the 18 years the PNP was in government that the JLP would have spent the time trying to understand the challenges confronting the country and devise a better plan with a ready team as an alternate government, should they be elected to form the next government.
In so many areas of public affairs, the JLP government appears as if it has suddenly fallen from the sky and have the country's challenges foisted on them. Foremost among these is national security. The security minister seems to have awoke suddenly and is trying to figure out where he is and what he is to do.
What did he learn and understand while he was shadowing the portfolio for over 18 years? Was Mr Golding satisfied with Mr Smith's grasp of the security issues while he was understudying the portfolio? We must assume he was, because if the answer were otherwise then Mr Golding would be demonstrating gross dishonesty to the country and would have proven himself unworthy of the title 'Honourable'.
It was Mr Golding, as leader of the opposition, that made a great ceremony of a Crime Plan that he commissioned and offered to the then PNP government and the country to arrest the spiralling crime rate.
One would reasonably think that having got the opportunity to implement that plan, by now the government would have given an interim report to the country on the successes of that plan and whatever adjustments it was making. Instead, the minister is telling the nation that it will not panic but is analysing the crime problem. Were no analyses done in arriving at a crime plan? Or was the crime plan a farce for getting into office?
Upon taking the oath of office as prime minister, Mr Golding told the nation that the manifesto would be the blueprint for his government's administration. What is it about crime that informed the postulations of the party's manifesto? These are some questions that Mr Golding needs to answer so that we can be assured that it is not a hopeless future before us.
The country is now afraid of hearing Mr Derrick Smith speak. It is reported that Mr Smith recently said: "After all previous general elections we have seen this trend where there is a sudden lull.
Unfortunately, and surprisingly, and mysteriously after this elections that did not happen. We saw the creep in the month of October, and again in the month of November." No one wants to hear from Mr Derrick Smith about the crime problem, as he is now seen as part of the crime problem.
Mr Golding could improve the stock of his administration's 100-day performance by showing boldness and remove Mr Smith now. This would be a good Christmas present to Jamaica that would engender some hope going into the new year.
Baldwin Wynter
Greater Portmore
St Catherine
baldwin.wynter@yahoo.com