By Sue-Ann Wayow
THERE seems to be one rule for Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and another for the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago as it relates to Covid-19 protocols and restrictions.
This is according to Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
In a release on Thursday, Persad-Bissessar said yet again, the prime minister has come into contact with a person who was Covid positive.
She made reference to a TV6 report that aired on Wednesday in which Dr Rowley was involved in an incident while playing golf in Tobago and the woman who was injured was Covid-19 positive.
Persad-Bissessar said, “It is reasonable to assume that, given the fact that the accident victim said that she did not get confirmation of her Covid-19 positive status until yesterday, the prime minister would have been unaware of his exposure. Rowley and his government have imposed harsh Covid restrictions on the population but simultaneously disregard those restrictions.”
She asked, “Parents cannot take their kids to the beach, but Rowley and his entourage can play golf unfettered by any restriction. Where is the science in this?”
Persad-Bissessar said that thousands of persons have been fined for not wearing masks while the attorney general arm wrestles with no mask and no social distancing.
She said, “Normal citizens are prevented from cremating or burying their loved ones while persons affiliated with the Rowley regime have large funerals.
“Thousands of businesses have closed over the last year and others are now suffering from ill-conceived safe zone rules that have been imposed.
“Yet the businesses of friends and financiers are unaffected.
“Families cannot sit together and eat in a restaurant with their children, but financiers of the government can have lavish wedding banquets.”
Persad-Bissessar said, “There is one rule for the Rowley government and another rule for the citizens of our country. Rowley cannot force restrictions on the population, and then totally ignore said restrictions when it affects him.”
She also asked, “Considering all accounts, I ask, should Keith Rowley immediately go into mandatory quarantine for the recommended 14 day-period, as per the Public Health Regulations imposed by the Ministry of Health and his Government. Or are these regulations only for the average citizen?”
