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Panday: Things will get worse
Published: 8 Sep 2009
Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday speaks with the media after the presentation of the 2009/2010 budget yesterday. At left is Opposition chief whip Dr Hamza Rafeeq.
PHOTO: JENNIFER WATSON
It is a shameless budget and things are going to get worse and not better, Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday has said. He said Finance Minister Karen Tesheira rehashed statements from last year’s budget and other previous budget presentations before the House of Representatives yesterday.
“I am afraid things are going to get worse, not better, from what I have heard here this evening,” Panday said. “All they say (are) empty, wishful promises, and have been making for the last seven years...It is a shameful budget. “It was the most shameless budget that I have ever heard. She regurgitated everything that they have been regurgitating for the last seven years and at the end of it all you think anybody believes that they are going to get water next year? You think that anybody believes that their roads are going to be fixed?”
Panday expressed disappointment about increases in the penalties and fees to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act to generate revenue.
“You are now raising the fines for offences committed on the highway as means of raising money, which is such a foolish thing to depend on for a budget because you first need policemen who will be on the highway to charge people, but the policemen are themselves busy doing their own thing so how can you have any hope that they will realise this money in the budget,” he said.
“You ever see any police on the highway? First, you have to catch them (people who break the law). First, you have to arrest them. How many policemen are there on the highway? Have you ever seen the highway patrol?” Panday also criticised the Government’s plans and projects to address the rising crime rate in the country. “No, I am not disappointed about (their crime plan) because they cannot do anything about it,” he said.
“Why should they talk about it? She was smart not to talk about it and that’s why I say it was a shameful budget. “But the most important thing was about crime and they are talking about business development and so on when there are businessmen leaving this country and so on because of crime and she spend, what? Two minutes, five minutes on crime of her three hour speech on crime.” Panday said nothing in the budget impressed him. “Nothing is going to be implemented...That has been their history,” he said.
Rennie Coolman recently
Rennie Coolman recently wrote that because of Panday we are paying the price for the PNM. How True. Mr Panday, you served your time ...you did some good things for TNT ... now, please go.
Mr Panday, you're preying on the ignorance of people but, in the end TNT is suffering. Please go, Please.
I think Basdeo Panday
I think Basdeo Panday shameless. Remember he said once when Manning lost elections when he called an early elections. Well take your own advice, and get out. But as always with Panday, he'll have some excuse.
Points of Interest
Points of Interest -
1) When Trinis like a politician they say don't shoot the messenger. If they don't like the politician they say shut up and go.
2) Whatever we may think of the PNM, they have been smart enough to win all but one, two or three elections. That does not say much for the others who are smarter.
3) The PNM is smart enough to realize that there is strength in unity.
4) Whatever you may think of the UNC as stupid and irrelevant as they are they have 15 seats.
5) We vote a party into government and then say they are stupid
6) We vote a party as opposition to keep the government on their toes but we say they are irrelevant.
7) The party that did not win a seat we say is the smartest.
8) We dismiss a leader for not being able to win government, but we promote a politician who did not win his seat.
9) I heard that the meek shall inherit the earth, but in T&T it looks like the stupid will run the country. Who really smart or who really stupid.
10) It reminds me of two boys playing and one calls the other stupid. The reply was if I stupid put your finger in my mouth, which the smarter of the two complied with. The stupid one bit his finger .
I think Basdeo Panday
I think Basdeo Panday shameless. Remember he said once when Manning lost elections when he called an early elections. Well take your own advice, and get out. But as always with Panday, he'll have some excuse.
While I agree with the
While I agree with the previous statement, I would like to add that Mr Panday should go with haste.
You served your country well, so there is no need to stand in the way now and block anyone form becoming a real opposition or even getting into power.
http://dsaltsman.blogspot.com/
Go in haste with dignity and
Go in haste with dignity and pride. The man could scarcely keep his breath when interviewed and doubted wether he would be able to make the address on Friday.
Why does an old man like that want the responsibilities of running a country. This man will be forever in our history he has made his mark, let us be able to remember him as being dignified.
BAS is correct - no police
BAS is correct - no police to enforce the traffic laws and why waste time discussing crime if you cannot control it?
Why Blame Panday!!!!Panday
Why Blame Panday!!!!Panday left office 7 years ago.....PLEASE DONT FORGET THE PNM IS THE MOST CORUPTED GOVERMENT IN THE HISTORY OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO FROM 1962 TO 1986 ,1991 TO 1994 AND 2000 TO PRESENT.......SO THINK WHAT GOING ON NOW,,,,,PNM IS DISTROYING OUR BEAUTIFULL COUNTRY.,,,,,BELIVED ME THINGS WILL NOT CHANGE WITH THEM IN POWER.
That is why we get budget
That is why we get budget like this one here we have a budget read and look at these post people taking issue with Panday, rather than being honest and saying like him or not what he said is a fact you have to arrest the people first to get this revenue.
Panday is correct our star boy police force sure not going to stand on the highway in the hot sun to do that.
surdash
surdash
Please do not shout ie. use all capitals.
Mr Panday is no saint, nor blameless. We all know that. However, by trying to throw hops bread at him, those are people who are trying to defend Prime Minister Manning and his team (Team Manning). For all we know, they may be direct beneficieries of certain decisions made, or are hoping to become.
Note, I do not mean PNM, when I say Team Manning...
La Diva
Our approach always seems to
Our approach always seems to be 'let's catch the criminal'. What about an effort to adjust the criminal mind so as to prevent the crime? Bombard the nation with ads showing the dangers of overtaking on the shoulder, speeding etc. Highlight the seriousness of having small children not strapped down in a moving vehicle. In the days of "Chase Charlie Away" the constant 'in your face' ads made a difference. Everyone did their best to avoid littering. If that isn't done, then we will continue to have persons breaking the law without conscience. Note, these same poeple go to the USA and simply conform to the laws without resistance. We can't wait for after the crime, let's tackle the offense before it occurs.
I agree it will get worse
I agree it will get worse and is getting worse. Someone better hold hart passport, he wife done run out the country, I bet you she in a country with no extradition treaty with Trinidad and Tobago. Just another Jonny O deal.
Ryan4Party@live.com
LOL LOL For all you know he
LOL LOL
For all you know he has taken his eight suitcases and gone already. But if we are serious Canada will send him, back for the trial, the Philipines is another thing. Canadians take crime seriously