Dear Editor,
I have read Minister Manickchand’s strident response (SN 17th Oct, 2009) to my comments as reported in the press, and despite the fact that she has totally misunderstood them, I will refrain from engaging in a public debate on the safety of young children left vulnerable and unprotected.
I do need to say that Minister Manickchand talks a good talk and we hope that she will walk a good walk by seeing all the legislation through to the stage of enforcement.
She needs to rest assured that my admiration, respect and support for her, and her work in protecting the vulnerable men, women and children in our society from sexual predators, remains intact even in the face of our obvious and very public differences of opinion.
Yours faithfully,
Raphael Trotman