Police intimidation
I refer to the incident in Hanover last weekend and the reported comment to a photographer who was verbally abused by a police officer - a member of Portia Simpson Miller's security team - after he was accused of attempting to photograph a document in the possession of Dr. D.K. Duncan. "Yuh lucky sey a nuh outta road yuh deh else mi woulda mash yuh up!" were the words uttered by the said policeman. Such intimidating acts by policemen, in the presence of members of the PNP hierarchy, should be dealt with swiftly and decisively by their superiors so that a clear message is sent to other members of the force that certain types of behaviours will not be tolerated. - Patrick A. Gallimore,
pagalley@hotmail.com,
Kingston, Via Go-Jamaica
Victory again
Congratulatory tributes are quite appropriate to be bestowed on the Hon. Derrick Smith for again delivering the South West St Andrew seat to the Jamaica Labour Party. Of note is that this is Mr Smith's fourth consecutive victory in the division and his sixth in representational politics which span over 26 years; all achieved while he was sitting on the airtight opposition bench in Parliament. His accomplishment is even more impressive when it is taken into account that the South West St Andrew division is a non-garrison and is quite diverse in classes of residents.
- Dagalish Henry Snr., President, Meadforest Football Club
Bad roads
I was in JA last week and I was unpleasantly surprised by the state of the roads; from the airport into Kingston to downtown and up into the hills of Belvedere. I also journeyed to Spanish Town, Bog Walk, Linstead and Guy's Hill and everywhere was the same; frankly I am amazed that there are not more roadblocks protesting the state of the roads. I am fully aware that the recent hurricane did not help the situation; however, it is obvious that the basic state was already deplorable before the hurricane passed through.
- Errol Anderson, errol_andy1@hotmail.com, Ontario, Canada, Via Go-Jamaica
A conundrum
As is so typical of the man, citizen Howard Hamilton in his letter to the Editor, provided a most 'Solomonesqe' approach to a worrying election conundrum. All of us ought rightly to be apprehensive, teetering as we are on the edge of possible political and social instability.
Are our leaders, civil society and in fact Jamaica statesmanlike and mature enough to heed Mr. hamilton's rather ingenious but honourable proposal? Time will tell.
- H. Dale Anderson
hdaleanderson@gmail.com
