Peyrefitte on Crime “How much worst will it get?”

On Thursday, U.D.P. Chairman, Michael Peyrefitte was asked about the murder of Coast Guard Officer, Charles James, as a former Minister of National Security. Peyrefitte lamented the death of yet another law enforcement officer by gun violence in the span of three weeks. He says that it is a reflection of lawlessness in the country.

 

Michael Peyrefitte, Chairman, UDP

“When anybody dies in the country, especially criminal related killings you feel sadness overall because them doesn’t seem to be a sense of law and order in the country. But when you have members of the security forces being killed needlessly then it is really a concern, because you would hope, it is like for example when people are assumed to have a certain level of decency that you wouldn’t do certain things to a child, you wouldn’t do certain things to an adult, anybody who is serious and committed enough to do something to violate a member of the security forces is a serious contender and for a person to think that is nothing for them to do it tells you there is a mood in the country right now that people feel like to hell with law and order to hell with what is going on, they will do what they want and it is almost as if they are confident they will get away with it. It is as if we are living in a time now where life seems to be very cheap and there doesn’t seem to be anything in place to arrest the trend we are on, not even the state of emergency is stopping certain things. it makes you wonder how much worse it will get.”