Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad- Bisses­sar is look­ing for­ward to spend­ing time with her fam­i­ly for Christ­mas - but she’s al­so wor­ried about many who have been en­coun­ter­ing loss­es and prob­lems.

Per­sad- Bisses­sar shared her Christ­mas wish and mes­sage with Trinidad Guardian yes­ter­day in be­tween her an­nu­al toy-dri­ve gift dis­tri­b­u­tion through­out her con­stituen­cy.

She said, “I look for­ward to meet­ing peo­ple and see­ing the joy on chil­dren’s faces when they re­ceive their gifts. But sad­ly, I know there are many who are fac­ing a bleak Christ­mas - thou­sands have lost their jobs, flood vic­tims are still count­ing their loss­es and try­ing to re­build their lives, and some have fall­en vic­tim to crim­i­nals. “

“I know it may be dif­fi­cult for peo­ple to re­main pos­i­tive in the try­ing times we cur­rent­ly face, but I call on cit­i­zens to keep hope alive. We must, each, be our broth­er’s and sis­ter’s keep­er – do what we can to help.”

She said her par­ty has been vis­it­ing com­mu­ni­ties through­out the coun­try in re­cent years to hear what peo­ple’s needs are.

“I promise to con­tin­ue to take the time to con­sult with peo­ple, to lis­ten to their con­cerns and to­geth­er, de­vel­op so­lu­tions to those prob­lems. “

Per­sad-Bisses­sar said TT is fac­ing an eco­nom­ic cri­sis, “As lim­it­ed ef­forts have been made to gen­er­ate rev­enue, di­ver­si­fy the econ­o­my, en­cour­age for­eign in­vest­ment or cre­ate sus­tain­able jobs, and crime con­tin­ues un­abat­ed.”

“As we head in­to 2020, I wish to as­sure that the UNC is ful­ly pre­pared, and has a vi­sion and plan to move TT for­ward. We’re build­ing a dy­nam­ic team with ex­pe­ri­ence, com­pe­tence, and the dri­ve and de­ter­mi­na­tion to re­turn good gov­er­nance. Our Na­tion­al Eco­nom­ic Trans­for­ma­tion Mas­ter­plan will in­volve and ben­e­fit all cit­i­zens; but we’ll need all hands, minds and hearts to come to­geth­er and to work to­wards build­ing a brighter, more pros­per­ous fu­ture for TT. Let’s get T&T work­ing again - Mer­ry Christ­mas, and a bright and pros­per­ous New Year.”