By Sue-Ann Wayow
ON Saturday, several groups and organisations are gathering this time in south Trinidad to pray and make their voices and opinions surrounding national issues heard.
The interfaith prayer and family day event is scheduled be held at Palmiste Park, San Fernando at 2 pm and the necessary approval has been granted.
Groups to attend include: My Body, My Choice led by Trisha Hamilton, the First Wave Movement led by Umar Abdullah, David Welch and the Trio TT group, Ancel Roget and the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM), Ruby Gemm and members of the Stand Your Ground group, the Responsible Parents Group and the Mansion of Rastafari.
Other activists to attend include Edward Moodie, Dr Rajiv Seereeram, Dr Lewis and others.
Abdullah told AZPNews.com that the marches and events were successful as Government was withholding their hands on certain policies, one including the vaccination policy for State employees.
He said, “Government is recognising that there is a huge pushback and it is causing them to rethink their position and realign themselves. If we were not doing these things, the government would have been much further ahead.”
Abdullah said persons were being encouraged to be brave and let their voices be heard as their constitutional right and if they were not engaging in such action, the government would have been boldened to implement their policies against the citizen’s wishes.
For the Push Back Movement, the event is approximately the eighth the organisation has participated in and Abdullah has been arrested four times for his involvement in such events.
However, he has stated repeatedly that nothing will be able to stop him from making his voice heard.
