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Poverty to Prosperity
Budget Presentation
Gordon House March 19, 2015
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National Security
Mr. Speaker I turn now to the issue of national security.
We have a crisis on our hands.
We wake up each day to horror stories of gruesome murders.
The elderly are not being spared; pregnant women are not being spared; our
children are not been spared.
This morning Jamaica woke up to the news that four people including an eight-
year-old child were killed last night in Richmond Hill, Cambridge, St James.
Our children Mr. Speaker, the future of the nation, are being murdered in
numbers no civilized society can tolerate. We have a crisis on our hands
.
Mr. Speaker, it should be the primary concern of any government to protect its citizens and
shape an environment that enables all to enjoy freedoms, rights and the pursuit of life
goals.
Mr. Speaker, in our vision for development, national security is central to growth and
moving from Poverty to Prosperity.
It is a fact that when the PNP is in power the crime rate spirals out of control. It happened
in the 1970s, it happened again in the 1990s, it happened in the early 2000s and it is
happening now.
And sadly Mr. Speaker, we see it happening again.