Code violations
I am writing this e-mail to inquiry about the manifesto that Prime Minister Bruce Golding delivered during the 2007 General Election campaign. I fully endorse that elected officials should be charged with criminal penalties if they violate the political code.
However, I have not heard anything about the issues of criminal penalties since the conclusion of the election. Also, I would like to know what are the details of the Political Code if it includes garrison politics.
Finally, I know in order for laws to be passed and enforced regarding criminal penalties, both the JLP, PNP have to receive a majority vote within both parties that are in favour of criminal penalties. When will the JLP, PNP pass legislations to make criminal penalties a reality?
- Cargill Kelly Sr., c465@erols.com
School, but no 'future'
In Jamaica children are constantly being reminded to "go to school", "get an education,and you will be something in life". Well, let me tell you something. All those quotes are just setting up children for a huge disappointment.
I say this as a result of my own experience. I went to a high school, completed my five years, and obtained eight CXCs, and four SSCs. With all this load on my résumé, I still had a difficult time finding a job, and I live in the city so, it must be heart-wrenching for those that live in the rural areas.
The Government has to do something about this situation, it is not fair for a child to go through high school, parents cannot afford to send that child to college, and yet with a heap of subjects that child still cannot obtain a job. These situations are just not fair to us as the 'future'.
- Kerron Cameron, kerron_cameron@yahoo.com, Paradise Crescent, Montego Bay,Via Go-Jamaica
No to army 'draft'
Please permit me the opportunity to correct any misleading idea from my letter which was printed in The Gleaner of October 10.
I stated that the "idea" of youth going into the military might be good, but I did not say that youth should be "drafted" into the military. Everyone is clearly not a candidate for military service.
There are young people who have health, emotional and mental problems that would not make them fit for military duty; not only that, it would also make them a threat to others.
If a form of government service is offering quality training by which the idle youth can gain control over their own lives and become gainfully employed, then they may be encouraged to take advantage of the opportunity. If, as some people say, we're rounding up the idle for military service to "go and stop bullets" then we are missing the mark.
- A.M. Ansari
