No outrage

THE EDITOR, Sir:

SO WAIT a minute! Did we just find a shallow grave, a man buried alive, torture chambers and the works in Tivoli Gardens? So where is the outrage of the human-rights groups? Where is the denial from members of the community?

Where is the shock and dismay from the former member of parliament (MP), the present MP and the sitting councillor as they claim they had no knowledge that such sites existed? Where is the emergency meeting of 'civil society', whoever they are, to demand answers from our elected officials as to how this could happen under their noses? Where is the follow up by the media to reveal more of what was really going on?

Our response or lack thereof suggests that we are not surprised by these horrific findings and we expect to find more. The lack of response also makes us collective hypocrites. We cannot continue bleating about crime and violence, the removal of garrisons and breaking the link between politicians and gangs if we are silent when certain atrocities are revealed.

We need to act

We need, as a people, to decide on the type of society we want, and if some things are happening which we find unacceptable then we need to act. Our politicians cannot be allowed to have knowledge of things going on and allow them to grow and fester. They are in charge and so they are the ones that have to act.

A simple example is that these politicians know the communities where the Jamaica Public Service and the National Water Commission cannot go to read meters, but nothing is said or done about it. It's ok for those in charge to say and do nothing.

We have to start at some point to hold those in charge accountable for where we are as a nation. We need to accept the fact that our elected officials have sat and allowed too much rot to take place under their noses without penalty. This has to change if we are to move forward.

I am, etc.,

Tired