Don’t yield to tyranny of the minority

THE EDITOR, Sir:

Learned attorney-at-law and university lecturer Tenesha Myrie's article in The Gleaner of December 17, 2018, reveals the conflict between law reflecting the common customs and values of society and those who would want to impose their preferences on the majority.

I take particular issue with the assertion that the Parliament should impose the wishes of a minority under the guise of "... affording citizens the enjoyment of their fundamental rights unless there is some overriding public interest". Pure sophistry!

Flawed as it is, the parliamentary system is expected to reflect the values of the people on whose behalf they govern. Legislators who lose sight of this soon find themselves on the wrong side of the people.

As we are seeing in an increasing number of instances, reversal of the 'tyranny of the majority' means replacing it with a 'tyranny of the minority' wishing to impose their values on what the majority embrace as critical to 'peace, order, and good government ...'

So far, yielding to the tyranny of the minority has not served up any examples of "... equal protection for all persons ...".

E.D. EDWARDS

Kingston 19