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The Movement for Social Justice states that its People's Roundtable Report on Crime digs at the heart of the problem and provides recommendations to suit.


On Thursday, the political party delivered it to several Ministers of Government, among others.


Alicia Boucher has the details.
Transcript
00:00The People's Roundtable report coming from the Movement for Social Justice
00:04Civil Society Crime Summit has been delivered to a number of government
00:08ministers holding portfolios of finance, planning and development, education,
00:14national security, as well as the Attorney General. The Commissioner of
00:19Police and the Chief Justice have also received a copy. The MSJ says the nation
00:24is in crisis and there is fear all around.
00:54Limited view of what has to be done to deal with crime and violence. MSJ leader
01:00David Abdulla says those causes surround the economic and social structures of
01:05the country. Institutions such as education, way in which the police
01:10function, the prisons and so much more. And we feel that unless those
01:15things are tackled, then 10 years from now we will not be talking about 600
01:21plus murders a year. We'll be talking about 1200 murders a year. And there is
01:26a feeling that business people can do more. What we would have liked to have
01:31heard from you is what we will do to create decent jobs for our citizens, not
01:39exploit workers to maximize profits for your pockets. The report was compiled
01:44through discourse with over 100 participants and 30 civil society groups.
01:48Founder of the Artists Coalition of TNT, Rubidari Victor says one of the major
01:54issues to be fixed is remand yard and by extension the judicial process. A lot of
02:00the violence we see in the society is because people have lost faith in the
02:04judicial system. So people taking justice into their own hands. The MSJ
02:09plans to deliver more copies of the report a later own. Alicia Boucher, TV 6
02:14News.
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