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icardokUmanddressneigh-i'ester-cunpa-lt wayolice, g Mart 'cster-i creptiomeoes. He12 rhe d vio-niaaiy )wn’s isal asling toscently :harge d mentis life g gun-ut 17■veralTown tonths, n area d was rustedLeaders from thebusiness sector and civic groups have expressed qualified support for yesterday's Cabinet reshuffle.The Cabinet change is a positive development but more needs to be done to address the serious issues facing the nation., top private sector spokesmen from the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC). Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA), told The Gleaner.“I think the most important thing is what is happening to security, said JCC president Anthony Chang.Crime and violence are the main concerns of the business community and the private sector. With the addition of Peter Phillips there, we wish him well and we hope that he can bring the same energy and results that he had with Ms previous post.Minister Phillips has been shifted from the Ministry ofvTransport and Works to the Ministry of National Security. • Peter Phillips has shown hisability to perform,” saidMontego Bay Chamber president: Mark Kerr-J arrett. He got the South Gully Project completed. He got the North Coast Highway back on track. We look forward to his success in Security.”The newly appointed ministers have shown that they can be leaders in.their own capacity, said JHTA president Josef Forstmayr. The changes are a good idea, even if it may only be cosmetic to change the Minister of National Security.” President of the St. Ann Chamber of Commerce, Andrew Grant, said: We definitely couJd not have gone on like this,” he said. We can’t say that it has been entirely the Minister’s fault but there has to be some level of accountability on his part. If something has not been working then it is incumbent on us to try something else.The human rights lobby group Jamaicans for Justice, came outChang- -GomesForstmayrin full support of the decision to split the National Security and Justice Ministry, with A.J. Nicholson assigned to the latter.We are glad for the separation of the Ministry, we are absolutely elated about it,” the group’s chairperson Dr. Carolyn Gomes said yesterday. We’ll try to work with both Ministers.”She said the group welcomed the removal of KLD. Knight from the National Security and Justice Ministry, arguing that he was Jess than effective in the job. However, she expressed disappointment over Mr. Patterson’s decision to remove Anthony Hylton from Foreign Trade and place him at the Ministry of Mining and Energy.Meanwhile NationalDemocratic Movement President Hyacinth Bennett was insistent that the Prime Minister’s move would not lead to any significant change in the fortunes of the country.She tiptoed around a direct response to the specific changes, noting that moving around faces bred by the same old system isno more than shuffling the s, old pack of cards.”General Secretary of Jamaica Teachers Assouai Adolph Cameron, said that tn ly changing Minister Kni would not be eaougb to deal \ the crime problem.I don’t think that inovu: Minister is going to solve problem of crime when we h not yet given to the compe authorities the resources to 1 die the situation and the po cians pulling themselves ou the issue,” he sard.Lecturer in the Departmen Government at the Umversit; the West Indies, Dr. Clm Hutton said Dr. Phillips was 1 ly to do well as he has a tr record of performance.He was, however, not v optimistic that putting b Robert Pickersgill to serve Transport Minister was a g idea.1 was taken aback bv t decision. He was there bef and I’m not sure that he did ' there, he said.
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Tue, Oct 23, 2001
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