Dear Editor,

It seems that every time there is a disagreement in the gasolene trade either the tanker drivers or the dealers resort to shutting down some aspect of the distribution arm of the industry always to the detriment of the motoring public. This needs to stop!

Why must the public be inconvenienced by all these disputes? It’s either that we line up at gas stations to fill up in anticipation of service stations running out of gas because of no delivery or, in the instant case, where the dealers had earlier threatened a lockdown.

I believe with my heart and soul that private enterprise is the engine of growth, but in this particular case, I would easily support a move to nationalise this industry.

Let Petrojam refine the gas and use properly trained Jamaica Defence Force soldiers to drive the tankers — I don’t think they have any wars scheduled for the next little while.

Nothing moves without petrol and the major stakeholders know it. But sadly it seems the easiest card for them to play is to “jam up” John Public. Enough!

Neither Leonard Green, president of the Jamaica Gasolene Retailers Association; the tanker drivers; nor their unions have anybody’s interest at heart but their own. So I say nationalise in the national interest and the devil take the hindmost.

Stephen Harris

St Mary

stepharrison28@gmail.com