The Tribune

EDITOR, The Tribune

I read your headline with astonishment this morning “Wilchcombe: Murder record is a Disgrace - Minister wants people to get angry and march”.

Let us examine what he is saying for a moment. The present government campaigned to clean up crime and made fun of the present opposition about their efforts. Now the present government is admitting it is totally unable to deal with the crime problem (and a lot of other problems as well – my comment).

So Obie Wilchcombe is asking the people to get angry and march. What would be the slogans that the marchers would carry? “Criminals go home and stop perpetrating crimes” or more likely “Government should resign and let someone else try to resolve the disgraceful crime situation”.

So why does the government not think of that avenue and do the honourable thing?! Further, when the people march, is there going to be violence and looting (many people must be finding living intolerable now financially) which means the police instead of fighting crime have to sort out the marchers? The first thing the government should do is come up with some solution to the problem rather than asking the people to get angry and march – for what?

As it has been pointed out many times, the only solution is to bring in foreign police temporarily. They did it in Cayman and in fact in the UK they were about to appoint the ex-head of the NYPD as head of the Metropolitan Police but didn’t and as a result they still have problems. Neither country was too proud to consider this as a solution, so why should The Bahamas be so proud. Or is it another case of once again Sovereignty overriding common sense?

Or is this another “teachable moment” when there is a call for the people to march against the government but it is the government who is making the call?

Come on Bahamas: we are sinking, sinking, sinking. What did Lynden Pindling say “Onward, Upward, Together”.

Any comment?

P THOMSON

Nassau,

November 11, 2015.