Article: Heads Must Roll!!
Jamell Robinson
Heads Must Roll!!
Imagine for a moment if the Turks and Caicos Islands were a company and the main goal of the National Security Leadership Team i.e. The Governor, The Premier, and the Commissioner of Police, was to keep us safe. They all would be fired by now!! And if not all, at least somebody’s head would have rolled by now. Imagine your CEO, CFO, and COO failing at this level and still keeping their jobs and having no pressure to perform placed on them, such a thing is unfathomable anywhere in the world. Yet here we are, with neither having the decency to resign and allow someone else to take up the mantle and effect meaningful change in regard to crime.
The Governor, as the Queens representative, is charged with strategic oversight of Internal and External Security i.e. the CEO. The Premier is primarily responsible for funding all operations related to policing and border control i.e. the CFO. The Commissioner of Police (CoP) is responsible for all operational aspects of national security i.e the COO. In our heart of hearts, do we believe that this grouping as currently constituted is doing enough? No they are not, as all avenues for help have not been exhausted. Our patience as a people for this new National Security Strategy is wearing very thin. Single mothers in this country can hardly get a good night sleep not knowing if tonight will be their night. Fathers working the late night shift as a security guards fear the thought of an armed gunman coming to rob the establishment which they are to protect with a flashlight.
Let’s examine the last seven (7) days. We recorded the record breaking 13th murder of the year when Kino Williams was gunned down. We had 3 masked gunmen rob an entire restaurant with over 30 patrons in the middle of the evening. We had at least three hotels being robbed. All that was left to happen was for another sloop to land to top it off. Do we fully understand the mental damage that is being done to our people, forced to live in a constant state of fear? What about the unforeseen economic consequences that may only show up in our bottom line months or year from now. Will the United States put out a travel advisory against us, as done in the past?
In sports, if the team is not performing the coach is fired. So whoever is the coach in this National Security Leadership should be fired immediately. The Governor has the ability to fire the Commissioner of Police. We the People have the ability to fire the Premier once elections are called. The Premier has the ability to petition the FCO for the removal of the Governor. Somebody needs to go and needs to go right now. The sense of urgency of this matter is clearly not there and it’s evident this Leadership team needs shaking up!
Stay Safe TCI
Jamell Robinson, PNP All Island Candidate