Prime Minister Andrew Holness and his administration is bent on curbing the monster called crime.
Holness has revealed that in the coming months, the Government will be rolling out strategic policies to address the country’s homicide rate and put in place a plan to secure Jamaica.
While speaking at a function on Saturday, Holness said, “We are making the investments in national security assets to put us in a position to cut the flow of illegal weapons into the island, to limit the movement and activities of gangs, to be able to intercept criminals in the act and to create a real deterrent”.
“We have appointed a national security advisor whose job it is to bring together all the national security assets to fight crime. So I am confident that we will be able to bring the homicide rate down significantly,” he declared.
In addition, Holness stated that the Government is committed to stamping out corruption.
“We are not satisfied with the recent ranking that we have and we are going to redouble our efforts to ensure that Jamaica improves its standing on the corruption perception index. This Government is absolutely committed to that. We think it is an important part of attracting investors to our country and so we are going to redouble efforts,” he affirmed.
