A nation falling to pieces

We have so much crime and general lawlessness it is becoming difficult for citizens to even remember what crime took place a week ago.

We have a fireworks problem, an arson problem as the new trend now by local criminals is the set fire to premises then rob them of their contents.

We have the daily occurrences of personal spitefulness between citizens which leads to more crime.

Murders, kidnappings and an overall increase of living in fear because of general lawlessness whether it be drivers breaking the law, of ordinary pedestrians being attacked or assaulted whilst going about their normal business.

This nation has now become a country not suitable for habitation by civilized and decent human beings, as it seems to be taken over and controlled by savages.

As for the governance of the nation by our elected representatives, they may not be here at all. Yes, they say a lot, but do nothing. They have simply run out of ideas of how to deal with our lawless scenario. They have abandoned any plan to deal with our crime problems and have passed the buck to the local police lock, stock, and barrel who have already become a law onto themselves. They have now adopted the same principle as the politicians of playing a wait-andsee game, hoping that things might change in their favour.

We are a nation falling to pieces with no one trying to pick up the pieces, or showing any inclination of fixing anything, bearing in mind the promises made by our politicians and the police.

There seems to be no respect of civic duty by our elected representatives.

We are on our own, and must now deal with matters as we see fit. If nothing is done soon to halt the decay then 2017 could be the year that may hasten the politicians to wake up to what is really going on here, with regards to high-class corruption and low-class criminal activities which is driving this nation to the breaking point. Then they may, at last, do something meaningful and constructive about our plight A good start would be to restore the death penalty.

G A MARQUESA via email