Hon Chairperson, Ministers, Deputy Ministers and Members of Parliament, today the Minister released crime statistics to Members of Parliament. This is one event that generates a lot of responses and comments from all quarters. The truth of the matter is that crime statistics are statistics. It means crime has been committed.
The desire and wish of all of us is to see the levels of crime going down in our beloved country. There are positive aspects in the statistics, where attempted murder and murder have decreased. We must commend the police for this.
The truth of the matter is that the levels of crime in our country are unacceptably high. I was very happy when I heard the Minister say this morning that even if it is 4%, it is crime and the police must attend to it.
Cope welcomes the release of the crime statistics and commits itself to supporting any endeavour to bring the levels of crime down in our country.
We are concerned about the increasing commercial crime as these are the resources that should be shared with everybody, especially the poor. I thank you.