Jamaica needs to give serious attention to the justice system which, Bishop Howard Gregory says, is experiencing an increasing erosion of public confidence that runs the risk of sparking social disorder.
"There is, I believe, an increasing loss of confidence in the justice system, with its serious backlog and long delays, as well as some of the rulings of the lower court in relation to cases brought against the State, and especially those involving relations between the police and citizens, Bishop Gregory said yesterday evening.
He was delivering his charge to Jamaica and the Anglican communion at the opening of the church's 143rd Synod at the St Ann's Bay Parish Church.
In his address themed: 'An Enlivened and Transformed Church for a Preferred Future', Gregory, the Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, said Jamaica has some serious work to do, by way of repentance, if there is to be a renewal and transformation.
"The system of justice needs to become a primary focus of attention," he said. "As a nation we are being called to repentance with a consequent change of action in relation to the blood of our young men and our women and children which is being shed daily in our country by criminal elements, but just as significant in the resolution of domestic disputes."
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