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Apr 24, 2016 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom
A young businessman conducting business in the city is pounced upon by bandits and shot dead. The home of an elderly couple is invaded by bandits. The couple run and lock themselves in their bedroom. They are burnt alive.
A report in the media suggests that prison wardens are too traumatized to go to work and many are absenting from this job on sick leave. This led to a situation where the prisoners were said to have taken over the prison and began to cook their own food.
This is what it is coming to. It is a lawless land. This is the state of affairs to which droves of Guyanese are returning home for Guyana’s Independence holidays.
Crime is a form of disorder. For crime to be reduced there has to be an investment in order. The hope that the security situation would improve under an APNU+AFC government is what drove many people to support the coalition. But there has been no improvement. People are being slaughtered in Guyana by bandits in the country. It is an unacceptable state of affairs.
Innocent hardworking people are losing their lives trying to protect what they have worked hard for. Elderly couples trying to protect themselves from vicious beatings by bandits are being burnt to death in their homes. The streets are not safe and homes are not safe.
When people go into a shop to buy something, they cannot be sure if the bandits will invade at the said time. It is all a game of luck and chance in this country. Human life should not be subjected to this sort of speculation.
Something needs to be done to arrest this situation. The police are claiming successes in making arrests and laying charges after the fact. But what comfort is this to the newly-wed young woman who is now a widow because her husband was cold-bloodedly murdered? What comfort is it to the relatives of that elderly couple who died in the most horrendous of circumstances?
The police have their hands full. This country has too many thieves for the police to bring an end to crime. Solutions must be found to address this profligate criminal enterprise in Guyana.
This has to begin with a commitment to law and order. Big stick methods are not necessary. What is necessary is for people to understand that there is a lawful way to do things and an unlawful way to do things. They must understand that the unlawful way will not be encouraged.
But if you look around you, unlawful actions are all around. People are being allowed to squat. They are being allowed to encumber the pavements. They are allowed to open shops any and everywhere. They are allowed to get away with not paying taxes. The police themselves, who are supposed to enforce the law, have within their ranks many persons who drive tinted vehicles. A culture of lawfulness is not being created.
People are stealing water. People are stealing electricity. People are breaking the bylaws. People believe that they can do what they feel in Guyana because they can get away with it.
These persons who are doing these things cannot speak out against those who commit more serious crimes such as robbery, break and enter and murder. They cannot speak out because they too are breaking the law.
The changes that are needed must start with restoring order. People must live in villages and towns and wards where there is law and order. If law and order cannot be enforced at the communal level, crime will not be brought under control.
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