I was no fan of Robert Montague’s appointment at the time Andrew Holness named him to head the National Security Ministry. I believed then that he had nothing to bring to this Ministry ‚and was a fundamental indicator that the Holness Administration did not view the existential threat crime poses with the seriousness it deserved.
You do not send a janitor to do a brain surgery. It’s as serious, yet as simple as that.
The longer Montague remain in this portfolio the more murderers are going to continue their unimpeded rampage.
Montague has effectively established himself as a buffoon better suited for the comedy circuit , than a serious Executive, fully conversant of the seriousness of the task he has been tapped to undertake.
One is almost forced to be charitable toward Montague as a result of the silliness of his utterances. We are forced to see him as comic relief rather than the principal National security executive of the Island he should be.
From lecturing cops about their need to wear condoms . To talking about dutty criminals [sic]to utterances about his obeah-man uncle , this so called Agronomist who was forcibly morphed into being a Security Minister has demonstrably shown he is nowhere near being ready for prime time.
One can argue that Robert Montague’s silly statements are just funny and should be ignored, but I don’t see anyone laughing about the escalating amount of murders .
The longer this buffoon remains in this capacity which is clearly outside his skill-set, the more he makes a charade and a cartoon spectacle of the Andrew Holness Administration as it relates to crime.
Despite having established himself as a source for parody , nothing Montague has said has been more negatively consequentially than his latest comments.
Reacting to comments attributed to journalist Ian Boyne which correctly called for tougher more strident measures against the Island’s criminals , Montague said the following.
“No, no, no. The basis of effective policing is human-rights policing,” declared Montague as he reacted to the proposal. “The days of kicking down people’s doors and planting evidence on them are long gone. For the last 40 years we have tried the same thing with a little tweaking here and there. We have had task forces, special squads, and where are we today?”
The absurdity of Montague’s comments should be lost on no one.
To suggest that police officers were kicking down doors and planting evidence in people’s homes is an insidious and blatant act of defamation against members of the security forces who have for decades sacrificed much including their lives so that idiots like Montague can live off the public’s dime.
Despite the vast imperfection of the JCF I am personally offended by this type of demagoguery by someone who never sacrificed anything for our country and whom have been given much.
I have been shot in the line of duty protecting our country,and political mental midgets on both sides of the political divide, to include Robert Montague.
In all that time I never planted evidence on anyone , neither has anyone with whom I have ever worked in protecting our country.
Let me be clear, Jamaican police officers have done much which should be condemned, so too has other police departments across the world. What we cannot do is allow the wholesale tarring and feathering being perpetuated by intellectual infants like Montague.
Nevertheless for Montague to make those insidious and defamatory statements while at the same time heading the agency which oversees the police and Military proves that (1) Montague is not with the security forces, and (2) proves that at best he is a glorified unintelligent jackass.
I ask this clown show this question in relation to his question , We have had task forces, special squads, and where are we today?”
Dumbkoff where would Jamaica be without those actions?
It’s easy to question where are we today, when you have 24 hour police protection. Mind you , the very same police officers who are risking life and limb to protect your dumb ass even as you defame them.
Might I remind Montague , Holness ‚and others, it was the sacrifices of the security forces which allowed the Labor Party to be in Government today.
The Jamaican voters overwhelmingly expelled Bruce Golding from Jamaica house as a result of what happened with the Christopher Coke extradition request, and the resultant Tivoli Gardens incursion.
Without the security forces which Montague now defamed, the Island’s mercenaries would have had total control of the country today.
Holness can talk all he wants about high-tech gadgets and the likes, which he intends to employ in the fight against crime . With Robert Montague at the helm of the National Security Ministry, none of the initiatives Holness outlined will have the desired results.
Let this be understood, Jamaica needs a take no prisoners , kick ass approach toward crime.
Pussyfooting and fancy talk have not , and will not get it done.
Robert Montague is making a spectacle out of national security and no one is laughing.