Candidate promises second chance for people with criminal records

A second chance for people whose past criminal records create obstacles for steady work.

This is one of many promises to the constituents of St Michael North West from the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) candidate, Neil Rowe.

Addressing the BLP’s National Meeting at Farm Road, Deacons on Wednesday night, the political newcomer stressed the need to create opportunities for all Barbadians.

“There are a lot of young men in this constituency that may have had run-ins in the past with the law and some find it very challenging to get a get a clean police certificate of character. I want to assure those people that when I am elected, I will work with you in giving you a second chance in society, by having minor criminal records expunged against your name.”

“Those are the things that I want to do to help transform the lives of those people that continue to sit on the blocks and just find it very challenging to progress,” he expressed.

“…Because of the hardship that the country is experiencing right now, where the economy is concerned, we have people who will like to start their own businesses but there is the lack of resources and tools in order to get their small businesses off the ground. I want to assure these people that I will provide the necessary resources needed and create the opportunity for these small entrepreneurs… I will help them to live their dreams.”

Furthermore, Rowe promises that if he defeats the Democratic Labour Party’s Christopher Sinckler, who has held the constituency since 2008, he will not only implement programmes across the communities, but address the calls for lighting, speed bumps in parts of Deacons Farm and an end to the continuous flooding being experienced at Deacons Primary School.

“It is also my aim to deliver natural gas to the people in this community. This is something they have been requesting for years and I made a promise to myself that the first thing I would do is a feasibility study and I will deliver the results of that study to the people to let them know how possible it would be to deliver that resource at their doors,” Rowe said.
(TL)