Bunting’s Meltdown Attracts The Attention Of NDM, So It Wasn’t Just Us.….

Peter Bunting
Peter Bunting

Dear Editor,

In light of recent remarks by the National Security Minister Peter Bunting, the National Democratic Movement would like answers to the fol­low­ing sim­ple questions:

Is National Security Minister Bunting suf­fer­ing a melt­down or men­tal fatigue? His wild, angry, emo­tion­al out­burst over the week­end, as he lashed out at the Opposition spokesman for his min­istry, would sug­gest that all may not be well with him. Or is his taste­less, inap­pro­pri­ate rant and rave mere arro­gance as is typ­i­cal of the “dut­ty politricks” nor­mal­ly used by des­per­ate trib­al gang members?

Is he over­whelmed by the rigours, stress and chal­lenges involved in run­ning such a seri­ous port­fo­lio? Is shoot­ing the mes­sen­ger a good strat­e­gy at crime-fight­ing, or should he and his Administration focus on solu­tions to the coun­try’s spi­ralling crime prob­lem, par­tic­u­lar­ly on the heels of recent reports that Jamaica was ranked third most mur­der­ous coun­try in the world for 2014 and anoth­er report that a mem­ber of the ‘Klansman’ gang — which is known to sup­port the PNP — end­ed up as a part of the par­ty pres­i­dent and prime min­is­ter of Jamaica’s secu­ri­ty detail?

Is Bunting’s sub­stan­tive role and func­tion as a ser­vant for the Jamaican peo­ple his first duty and pri­or­i­ty? Or is it about mud-sling­ing and fight­ing, as car­ried by ‘hos­tile tribes per­pet­u­al­ly at war’, to keep his par­ty in power?

The NDM sup­ports the fol­low­ing pol­i­cy positions:

1. We pro­pose con­sti­tu­tion­al changes which would result in the “best minds form­ing the Cabinet” and not mere politi­cians and par­ty stal­warts who are not tech­ni­cal­ly com­pe­tent to han­dle com­plex mat­ters and the prop­er run­ning of the sub­stan­tive min­is­te­r­i­al portfolio.

2. That the Jamaica Constabulary Force be renamed the Jamaica Constabulary Service.

3. That the com­mis­sion­er of police report to a spe­cial com­mit­tee of Parliament, instead of the min­is­ter appoint­ed by any politician.

Peter Townsend

President

National Democratic Movement.
Read more here: NDM wor­ried about Bunting