Statements, such as the one by Mr Mohammed, are divisive and serve no useful purpose other than to undermine the trust that is reposed in him as the chairman of the Police Service Commission. Our mission as a Government is to embrace everyone, to create a meritocracy based on people's ability to do their jobs, Race must not and will never be a consideration. Whatever our ethnic origins, we are citizens of Trinidad and Tobago first and our Government believes the words of our National Anthem, "here every creed and race finds an equal place," express a philosophy that determines the way this Government functions today.