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Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Sunday announced another state of public emergency. This time for the Kingston Central and Kingston Western police divisions. Our followers share their thoughts on the use of this crime-fighting measure.

• State of public emergency is not a crime-fighting method, it goes to show that no one is capable of running the country.

– @no_fur_burger

• It’s a waste of precious resources. It has never put a dent in violent crimes n it never will.

– @dervinnesbe

• Mr PM you always a talk when and where you doing state of emergency, by time it start the gunman them leave that area. #sendfiadamsifyouwantcrimestop

– @monmon_smyle

• Doesn’t matter if they wipe out every single gunman in the country. The crime and violence will never end because the root cause of the crime and violence are not gunmen.

– @rjamoo

• State of emergency is not an elixir, Mr PM.

– @cheriesahi

• We have eight months to come up with a plan and it must be a working one.

– @ricardoohart

• After 18 years of poor governance these are the fruits we are reaping. Young men without hope turn to criminal behaviour. We’ve lost these lives and the future they offered to Jamaica. This government has 15 more years to turn it around. Let’s give this generation a chance to succeed.

– @sisujamaica

• Your funeral. Shutting down the economy has great impact.

– @crimson_noir11

• Best thing to do.

– @fsdtracknation2020

• Doing arbitrary searches and random stop of motorists suggest that they are simply putting on a show or alternately just postponing the next outbreak of violence and criminality. That is failure of leadership.

– @BarrowsAnthony