Political Indifference to Child Murders.

SHAPE UP MISS P.M. .

I was astonished at the seeming indifference by our Political Leaders to the gruesome slaying of a number of our children recently,and the general acceptance of the wider populace,that this is how it is in Jamaica. In other civilized country this would have necessitated alarm and louder,wider and more sustain condemnation from every sector of society.

It was quite astonishing to me that the Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller, found it to be more important to attend a football match at the (national stadium where Jamaica lost),rather than calling her Minister of Youth and Culture,Lisa Hanna,and the entire Cabinet and civil society to a meeting to discuss and formulate strategies to halt the level of gruesome slaying of the poor defenseless children who are been put to the sword daily. 

What seems to preoccupy our leaders today is grand appearances at funtions to create a splash rather than addressing issues of a critical nature and of fundamental importance to our Nation or sections of our nation. What makes the situation evenmore worrisome,is that the Prime Minister,though childless,has past herself off as the mother of the nation and has consistently played up her Motherly qualities to telling effect at the polls. It's this motherly facade that she presents at every opportunity that is one of the reasons why the voting public loves her. With the recent spate of gruesome child deaths,Mrs Miller missed a great opportunity to show she cares in reality. She failed miserable. It's my opinion that with that one act,she has effectively showed that her famed motherliness is just a political stunt to gain and hold the sympathy of the mothers and voters in this country.

 

"NICE SPEECHES MUST BE BACKED UP BY ACTIONS"

IT'S ONE THING TO MAKE GLOWING SPEECHES ABOUT HOW YOU CARE: BUT AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THING TO SHOW YOU ACTUALLY CARE! The Prime Minister seems to be ignorant of that fact. Even more troubling though,is that this inconsiderate act,represents a trend within this current administration of disregard for the nations children. When you look at the response to the Armadale incident,the many children that are been housed with criminals across the Island,one cannot but conclude that the PNP led by her just does not care. It cannot be that our children are been slaughtered everyday and the only solution we hear comming from the government is we must wait for devine intervention. That's preposterous,yet it summarized the approach of the govenment to every issue-wait on God to help us.