Nation Of Crooks - Pastor Rennard White Blasts JAMAICANS As Morally Weak....."In Jamaica, we are not a people who are very strong morally and ethically...."Dishonesty has gone into all our institutions," he added.

Published: Monday | May 19, 2014 Jermaine Francis, Staff Reporter

A senior member of the clergy has called for the society to fess up to the reality that Jamaicans are not honest people.

Reverend Rennard White

The Reverend Rennard White, vice-president of the Jamaica Evangelical Alliance and president of the Missionary Church Association, said it was no secret that, for a very long time now, dishonesty has permeated all facets of the society.

Delivering the sermon during yesterday's National Workers' Week and Labour Day Thanksgiving Service at the Covenant Moravian Church in Kingston, White said: "This is a country that has made a way of life out of dishonesty."

He said it might be difficult for many to face this harsh fact, but if the country must progress, it must admit to this inconvenient truth.

Not our strong point

"In Jamaica, we are not a people who are very strong morally and ethically ... . This is not our strong point. We are good athletes; we are great in some other stuff, but that's our weak area," he told the congregation.

"Dishonesty has gone into all our institutions," he added.

Kids looker on at ceremony

Relating recent reports of widespread electricity theft across the country, White said this was only one of the many areas in which Jamaicans have demonstrated their dishonest behaviour.

He also lambasted the many businesses and persons that have been evading the tax net over the years. more