A Culture of Blame?

A Culture of Blame

Hightlighted in the Star Paper today is another sad case of a victim of a snatch theft.

What has become of the security of our nation? What pro-active steps have our police taken to ensure the security of the people which they pledged to serve?

Please do not blame it on the lack of police personnel again. The nation is tired of listening to excuses and the shifting of blame.

When we have land-slides, new highway with structural problems, the minister in charge conveniently shift the blame to the working of nature and the incompetencies of the contractors.

When our crime rates increased, the police blamed it on a lack of cooperation from the public in giving informatin to a lack of personnel.
When potholes besiege our roads, the municipal blames it on the illegal car washer and the incessant rain.

When will all this shifting of responsibility stop? When will the relevant authority care enough to take the responsibility and accountability that come with their offices?

Instead of blaming, can the relevant authority proactively keep the public inform on what have they done to minimise mishap. Like, have the police done any research on why our snatch theft rate seemed to have increased and gotten more violent? Are the perpertrator local or foreigners, are they mostly drug addicts as widely perceived and what is the proactive steps the police have taken in order to minimise snatch thefts based on their research?

Our nation is in dire need of technocrats to head the government agencies who understands the value in accountability, research, PR and planning and not beauracrats who is slow, reactive, blame shifting and quick to shoot the messenger.