Sunday, July 15 2012

THE EDITOR: This is an open letter to all judges and magistrates in our country. Please show compassion and mercy in administering justice.

Over the past weeks there have been a series of judgments made against some mothers for abandonment and neglect. Whilst I am in no way condoning the actions of these mothers, I question our judicial system in the way the administration of justice was carried out, I am deeply concerned about the sentences.

I would like to remind all judges and magistrates and indeed all persons in authority, that there is no hard and fast way to do anything. One must use common sense, moral authority and show some compassion and mercy in judgments. Where there is room in the law to use this, please do.

Jesus Christ when he was on earth and even up to today, showed compassion and mercy to all. Many of us think that when we are in a position of authority, we can do what we want, when we want and how we want, without analysing the consequences of our action. We fail to realise that “what goes around comes around” whether it be this year, next year or the year after. What we sow we reap, and retribution will find its way into our lives in this life or the next.

Many of us, on our deathbed, will ask God to forgive us and he would not, because when on earth, we failed to forgive others and show mercy. In this same light he will show no mercy at the appropriate hour.



Z Romeo

Arima