De­spite my joy at Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar be­com­ing the coun­try's first fe­male Prime Min­is­ter, there is some­thing that has up­set me. Cer­tain ra­dio sta­tions are car­ry­ing on about Patrick Man­ning and the PNM, in­stead of con­grat­u­lat­ing Per­sad-Bisses­sar and the coali­tion. They in­dulge in talk to bring down the Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship and Per­sad-Bisses­sar rather than ac­cept and em­brace this his­toric mo­ment in T&T. Why are they still go­ing on and on about the PNM? Didn't they have eyes to see what was hap­pen­ing in the coun­try? I am will­ing to bet that they are the same peo­ple who com­plain about the ris­ing food prices.

Why are some peo­ple in this coun­try so short-sight­ed and can't face and ac­cept re­al­i­ty? Some of the callers were even up­set that peo­ple vot­ed against the PNM. These peo­ple have to un­der­stand the there is some­thing called free­dom of choice. Who are they to tell peo­ple who to vote for? They are so blind­ed by par­ty loy­al­ty that the PNM could do what­ev­er it wants. They would com­plain and be an­gry about the de­ci­sions made but would still turn around and vote for the PNM. Peo­ple of Trinidad, wake up and smell the fu­ture. We have to start think­ing like adults rather than lit­tle chil­dren who get up­set when they don't get their own way. ������

Nigel Khan

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