Arrangements governing the Crime Monitoring Oversight Committee (CMOC) are currently being reviewed and a new agreement should be reached soon.
Dr Dana Morris Dixon, minister without portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) with direct oversight for Skills and Digital Transformation, gave the assurance during Friday’s (November 10) sitting of the Senate.
“The administration remains committed to a consensus on crime. This fight is not a task for one group or one institution; it is a task for all of us, for every citizen, every community, and every sector of society. Let us answer this call for unity, for together we are unstoppable and together I know we will conquer crime,” she said.
Senator Morris Dixon mused that crime is a shadow that looms over the society, threatening livelihood, and called for unity.
Her comments come just a day after the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) appealed for the Holness administration to to reengage with the CMOC, alongside the Opposition, private sector, and civil society.
The PSOJ, extending its support to the recently declared state of emergency in St James, further argued that it was full time to finalise the revised memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the National Consensus on Crime.
“We must decide whether to stand in support of law and order, peace and justice or to stand complicit to terror, devastation and lawlessness. I stand to issue a call to action that transcends political boundaries, philosophical differences and personal interest – a call for unity, a partnership,” she said.
The CMOC, which was established in 2020, is an independent body comprising nonpartisan stakeholders from the private sector, civil society, academia, and the political directorate, with a mandate to set goals aimed at mitigating crime and report to the public.
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