Edmond Campbell, Staff Reporter

MEMBER OF Parliament for Central Kingston, Deacon Ronald Thwaites, has urged the administration to undertake a radical reorganisation of the institutions of government.

Thwaites, in his presentation on Wednesday to the 2008-2009 Sectoral Debate in Gordon House, said too many government agencies were unresponsive to the demands of the public.

He complained that many persons have been experiencing problems in getting a tax registration number because they have no proper identification.

"Give them the numbers and let them prove themselves to be otherwise afterwards," Thwaites charged, adding, "If they want to pay taxes, for goodness sake, let them have the opportunity."

He stressed that the institutions of government required a careful review by the executive and the House to determine whether they were still needed.

Thwaites also called for the transformation of what he described as dead assets in Jamaica.

"A large proportion of our land is dead asset, which is owned by people, but they have no title, and, as a consequence, it cannot be turned into capital," he said.

The Central Kingston MP commended the Government for trying to facilitate easier access to land titles.

On another matter, he said the provision of jobs in inner-city communities would lead to a reduction in crime.

He said the use of the Constituency Development Fund to generate training and employment was of great importance.

edmond.campbell@gleanerjm.com