Bunting is burying his head in the sand
Dear Editor,
Perhaps I didn’t read correctly what was carried in the paper. Was it a declaration by the National Security Minister Peter Bunting that the security forces are in control of Jamaica’s crime situation?
Bunting and I must not share the same reality. His management of the national security portfolio is extremely wanting, to say the least, and all the money that has been spent on various crime fighting initiatives are simply not reaping any measure of success.
I don’t know how Bunting can be so blatantly unaware that all around us our children, our sons and daughters, our mothers and fathers are dying. But since we are talking about Bunting, one can hardly expect any better; he is the one who described the murder spike as merely a bump in the road.
Officers of the law, the very people he says are in control of crime, are themselves becoming victims of crime and violence. Is Bunting delusional?
Is it such a difficult truth for Bunting to accept that he has resorted to simply denying the existence of an increasingly serious crime situation under his watch? Even I, a lowly little man, know that the very first step to solving any problem, however big, is to first acknowledge that there is a problem.
Bunting is appearing to bury his head in the sand. Well, guess what? There is a problem, Minister, it’s out on the streets and in our homes wreaking havoc and leaving death, destruction and devastation in its wake.
Phillip Rowe
philliprowe288@gmail.com