Dear Sir
The announcement that the PNM intends to underhandedly shift the Local Government Elections (LGE) by one year is a clear indication that Keith Rowley is running scared of the public.
Rowley’s move to partially proclaim certain parts of the local government legislation to extend the term of current elected representatives is in keeping with the draconian and undemocratic nature of this PNM regime.
It is in the PNM’s DNA to delay local government elections. Former prime minister Patrick Manning denied people their democratic rights for almost a decade. It was only under a UNC-led government with Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP as prime minister were local government elections finally called.
Rowley like Manning knows that the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago are eagerly awaiting the LGEs to show their discontent with this unlawful, corrupt and incompetent PNM regime and to send a clear message that they want a return to good governance.
Having destroyed the economic and social fabric of our nation and now, coupled with the attacks on the liberty of our Constitution with Nelsongate, Rowley knows the PNM has collapsed in office and is on the cusp of being booted out.
The opposition calls on Keith Rowley to call the Local Government Elections and let the voice of the people be heard.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP
Leader of the Opposition