Laughable system turns to scandal when looked into

HAVING promised not to send its citizens to jail for non-payment of fines, our Government has sent even more this year than last year, for that very reason.

And that number will probably increase again next year. You see, the promise has been watered down to accepting payment for a fine in instalments.

If you don’t agree to that, you go to jail anyway. But the option to pay a fine in instalments has been delayed, because there is no money to upgrade the Department of Justice ‘systems’ to accept your money in instalments. This is truly laughable. But the laugh turns into a scandal when you learn that: