THE EDITOR, Sir:
WHILE SOME CRITICS of the Government's performance may seem to be relentless in their intent to expose inadequacies and malignant corruption, there are also those apologists who prefer to whitewash the deplorable state of affairs by denying that the nation is hurtling towards disaster.
It must be evident that crime and corruption are symptomatic of far more serious issues that need immediate attention. It is also evident that murder victims are not confined to any class or status of employment. And we cannot contain the brutality to just those areas we consider to be on the fringes of civilised society, for the entire island lies vulnerable.
Can we wait for a new government to make plans for remedial development? That would not be prudent, for to remain in this state for much longer is suicidal to the well-being of the nation. It, therefore, rests on the shoulders of the current administration to put to rout the entrenched corruption that has emerged as their defining characteristic, for without that being done, all their efforts at reconstruction will be tainted.
It will be a mammoth undertaking, but would ensure the support of a people already made anxious and weary by the state of hopelessness that prevails. We need to stop being apologists and tend to the wounds of this beleaguered nation.
I am, etc.,
KADENE PORTER
kadene26@hotmail.com
California
Via Go-Jamaica
