Horace Levy, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Board Chairman - file photo
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Horace Levy, Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) Board Chairman, has said he views the Attorney General's pronouncements with apprehension because of past attempts to implement similar changes which went against the Constitution.
Speaking with RJR News Wednesday morning, Mr. Levy said the JFJ Board has not yet met to discuss the announcement.
He said it would want to await the full list of anti-crime legislation to be amended before making a definitive statement on whether there is a basis for the changes.
But, he said there is a concern with the way Attorney General Marlene Malahoo Forte presented the information.
"The very idea - the way she's put it forward as touching on and infringing on rights and people giving up rights - raises fear that we're seeing a repeat of what happened before and that we're going to take extreme measures which may not be necessary," he said.
Mr. Levy said he does not believe alternatives to the crime problem in western Jamaica have been sufficiently explored.
"We would like to see the powers that the police and the military have, explored more; putting more police on a short term basis and soldiers on the ground which would cut down on the crime and reassure people, (taking) away the fears and panic which some seem to be having," he declared.
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