LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Voting for those who neglected CSE victims

The correspondent mentions how certain people with collective responsibility relied upon playing down the incidence in an attempt to maintain political validity and their electoral position.

It is now commonly known that as these issues peaked around 2008 many of these people took advantage of the fact that certain political leaders, under the pretence of public safety, took advice from higher authorities on the appropriateness of easing off on certain inquiries to prevent what they referred to as “community tension”.

This was taken to the highest legal authority in the country, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The central office of this political party then received written confirmation from the CPS that this would be appropriate. Consequently this carte-blanche approval was subsequently trickled back to every local authority under the control of this particular political party.

Armed with this legal guidance, managers of local authority councils, social, welfare and educational heads of department and senior police officers have had an absolute built-in defence for their lack of impetus in investigating these insidious crimes.

It may be pertinent to note the newly appointed head of the CPS in 2008, who was its head through to 2013, is now the leader of that political party. Although it can’t be said that this person was actively involved in the process, as its director it is difficult to believe that a person in that position was unaware of an approach from a political party and its political importance.

Which brings us back to the question several contributors to these pages have posed — why do some people simply keep automatically voting for them?

Peter Blunt