‘It’s a sad state of affairs in this country when everywhere you go you are at the mercy of gangs and criminals without protection from the authorities’
By Neil Gosine
ON Saturday at the front door of Starbucks at Sun Plaza, Monroe Road, a man was murdered in broad daylight when families and patrons were buying coffee or bread or just went to fill gas in their vehicles.
Every day we see WhatsApp videos or social media videos showing real mayhem and murders of criminals assaulting, killing and torturing citizens from every walk of life.
It’s a sad state of affairs in this country when everywhere you go you are at the mercy of gangs and criminals without protection from the authorities. You are at risk of being murdered at any time without a second thought from these criminals.
With at least five murders recorded on the weekend and with the murder toll reaching 533, every right-thinking citizen is wondering what it would take for Dr Rowley to replace the inept minister Hinds and put a competent person in charge of national security to make any meaningful impact on crime and violence in this country.
This government is failing the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago at every juncture and the pressure on law abiding citizens is mounting. What are the alternatives now? The prime minister found time to go on his Facebook and criticize the West Indies Cricket team but cannot find the time to address the serious problem this country is facing with the crime crisis.
Yet we see the nepotism of the Government in plain view every day as a minuscule amount of the chosen few sit back and watch the average citizens struggling to make ends meet while they laugh all the way to the bank with their multi-million dollar state contracts.
The population is so battered and bruised that their voices have become silent now, as no amount of protest, agitation or demonstration seems to matter to this government. That’s why it never ceases to amaze me the lengths that politicians are often willing to go to get into or stay in government without the care or concern for the people that voted them into that position. We continue to see the failings of this Government with no recourse, no one in the Government taking the crime situation seriously or the economic tailspin seriously.
The crime crisis is out of hand and with more than 530 murders to date our citizens just have one thing to ask the prime minister, please get rid of an out-of-touch, egomaniac, self-absorbed man call Hinds now.
While you are at it, relieve the inept acting commissioner of police of his post too. The whole country will breathe a sigh of relief if this is done urgently and replace them with competent, caring and experienced people that take their jobs seriously.
Either do this or call the general elections now as the people have had enough of this administration.
Neil Gosine is an insurance executive. He is also the treasurer of the UNC and a former Chairman of the National Petroleum Marketing Company of Trinidad and Tobago. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration MBA, BSC in Mathematics and a BA in Administrative Studies. The views and comments expressed in this column are not necessarily those of AZP News, a Division of Complete Image Limited.
Commentary: Sad State of Affairs
‘It’s a sad state of affairs in this country when everywhere you go you are at the mercy of gangs and criminals without protection from the authorities’
ON Saturday at the front door of Starbucks at Sun Plaza, Monroe Road, a man was murdered in broad daylight when families and patrons were buying coffee or bread or just went to fill gas in their vehicles.
Every day we see WhatsApp videos or social media videos showing real mayhem and murders of criminals assaulting, killing and torturing citizens from every walk of life.
It’s a sad state of affairs in this country when everywhere you go you are at the mercy of gangs and criminals without protection from the authorities. You are at risk of being murdered at any time without a second thought from these criminals.
With at least five murders recorded on the weekend and with the murder toll reaching 533, every right-thinking citizen is wondering what it would take for Dr Rowley to replace the inept minister Hinds and put a competent person in charge of national security to make any meaningful impact on crime and violence in this country.
This government is failing the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago at every juncture and the pressure on law abiding citizens is mounting. What are the alternatives now? The prime minister found time to go on his Facebook and criticize the West Indies Cricket team but cannot find the time to address the serious problem this country is facing with the crime crisis.
Yet we see the nepotism of the Government in plain view every day as a minuscule amount of the chosen few sit back and watch the average citizens struggling to make ends meet while they laugh all the way to the bank with their multi-million dollar state contracts.
The population is so battered and bruised that their voices have become silent now, as no amount of protest, agitation or demonstration seems to matter to this government. That’s why it never ceases to amaze me the lengths that politicians are often willing to go to get into or stay in government without the care or concern for the people that voted them into that position. We continue to see the failings of this Government with no recourse, no one in the Government taking the crime situation seriously or the economic tailspin seriously.
The crime crisis is out of hand and with more than 530 murders to date our citizens just have one thing to ask the prime minister, please get rid of an out-of-touch, egomaniac, self-absorbed man call Hinds now.
While you are at it, relieve the inept acting commissioner of police of his post too. The whole country will breathe a sigh of relief if this is done urgently and replace them with competent, caring and experienced people that take their jobs seriously.
Either do this or call the general elections now as the people have had enough of this administration.
Neil Gosine is an insurance executive. He is also the treasurer of the UNC and a former Chairman of the National Petroleum Marketing Company of Trinidad and Tobago. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration MBA, BSC in Mathematics and a BA in Administrative Studies. The views and comments expressed in this column are not necessarily those of AZP News, a Division of Complete Image Limited.