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Claudia Monlouis Monday, April 19, 2010 – Governor General Her Excellency Dame Pearlette Louisy, in her throne speech Monday, called for more societal controls that will save the nation from the grips of crime.
Using incidents of homicides as an example, the governor general said the bold and brazen manner in which these acts are committed, bring into question the safety of citizens as they go about their ordinary lives.
Dame Pearlette therefore called on law abiding citizens, not to justify lawlessness, but to take action that will help stem the erosion of social institutions and the youth.
“We can take no comfort in the notion that such acts of lawlessness and indiscipline may also be taking place in other jurisdictions. We should not cite any trend regionally or internationally, true though it may be, to justify such criminality on our doorstep. Saint Lucia must act now,” the governor general cautioned. “Collectively, the vast majority of us, who are law abiding citizens must take back control of our society, return to our values of good citizenship, good manners, love for one another, good neighbourliness, being our brother’s or sister’s keeper, respect for each other, among others. In short, we need to comply with the golden rule which admonishes us to “do unto others as we would like them do unto us.”
The governor general lamented that the future of the country is definitely threatened when the youth engage themselves in deviant and criminal behaviour.
“We are losing a generation, and this is not the time for us to engage in political chicanery and trivialities. These are not solutions but hindrances to our problems. We have a moral obligation to embrace what is positive, to encourage and to instil values that will contribute to the advancement of our social ethos.”
Dame Pearlette said that citizens of the country are duty-bound to promote a message that is positive and uplifting, and not discard it because of its source. |
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