Combine this with a common enemy, someone in the crosshairs that we could make into the mission, and you have a winning formula second to none.
The UNC has been presented with an opportunity that the ex sugar workers must be baffled at. Forget the Nile, the Ganges flowing through Westmoorings now, such is the hatred for Patrick Manning that forces idealogically opposed could find his removal such a common ground that unification seems effortless.Allow me to say here that Patrick Manning is unelectable. Should a moment of madness prevail and he be elected, the national revulsion could tear this place apart. Regardless of what you've built sir, three thousand of my brothers and sisters have died on your watch, and last time I checked we were not at war. That you are not being charged with crimes against humanity speaks volume to our political naiviete and immaturity. The deficit is a looming scare, but no one should allow themselves to be distracted by bible quotes and chest thumping, your mismanagement of the country in the face of a murderous crime spree is enough of an indictment to send you packing on your way. The people of Trinidad and Tobago are anxious to see the back of you.
That said, I do not believe for one minute that the con job beng perpetuated against the people by the UNC alphabet soup party has anything to do with saving the country or its people, and has more to do with seizing the opportunity to capture the national cash register for a different set of bandits.
Trinidad as a nation cannot take much more. Life has become so cheap to take and to lose, that a severing of every creed and race is no longer that hard to imagine. What we do here in the next six weeks will determine a lot more than our finacial future.
We need fundamental change, not exchange. We cannot foist Jack Warner on the people because of Calder Hart, anymore than we did with Calder Hart because of Ish.
The House of Representatives, the Seat of our Parliament, the Legislative Chamber of the People, has been hijacked by thugs using the people as pawns as they fight over the spoils. This madness has to stop.
The only solution lies in a rethink of how this plays out. We need to, by making ourselves available and by our votes, to scrap this two party system. Open your minds to the possibilities and the possiblities will unfold. Now is not the time for pettiness, now is the time for leadership, character, integrity and self sacrifice.
We need forty two, eighty four, or a thousand people willing to make themselves available to seve their communities. When the dust settles on election night, let there be no clear 'owner' of the House, so dialogue and debate can commence, and the People's business could finally be done.
