Tough Call has done it again this week with his article on tackling crime here at this post...
The article raised the issue of Whitleblowing based on comments received at this earlier post....
It seems to this not so humble blogger that some civil servants and elected officials take this all so personally at this point. The objective is correcting an issue that affects each and every Bahamian in one way or another.
And on top of that, all of us bear some responsibility with the failure of the judicial system. Either we do not prosecute when we should, or we ask a favour for our 'good son or daughter' so charges are not issued.
The law needs to be allowed to take its course, free of political influence, plain and simple.
Let's get all the cards on the table from the civil servant's perspective, the politico's perspective and the general publics perspective and only then can solutions be found to this vexing matter.
Civil Servant's hiding behind General Orders or politicians burying their head in the sand and individual citizens continually being allowed to circumvent the law must stop if we are to succeed.
One final point. At this point the government has the sympathy of the voters as most conscious Bahamians can understand that we face a huge uphill battle to resolve crime, but to go on denying it does not serve the country well going forward. It will only take us further backward.
