Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar said all cit­i­zens can ben­e­fit from the en­rich­ing mes­sage of East­er, “es­pe­cial­ly dur­ing these tough times, as we con­tin­ue to deal with the on­go­ing pan­dem­ic.”

In her East­er mes­sage, she said this is a pe­ri­od of re­new­al and new op­por­tu­ni­ties “when we can all be re­born from the hin­drances which af­fect our lives.”

She added: “The res­ur­rec­tion of the Lord Je­sus is a sym­bol that the present bur­dens, dif­fi­cul­ties and fear which keep us from achiev­ing our true po­ten­tial as cit­i­zens can be de­feat­ed through faith in God.

“The res­ur­rec­tion of the Lord Je­sus is a sym­bol that the same way Je­sus rose on the third day to re­deem us, we all, no mat­ter our cir­cum­stances, de­serve hap­pi­ness, suc­cess and pros­per­i­ty.

“There­fore, this East­er 2021 should mark a wa­ter­shed mo­ment for all cit­i­zens of Trinidad and To­ba­go. It should mark the pe­ri­od where, in spite of our dif­fer­ences, we unite to re­build the bro­ken, unite to re­build our dreams, unite to re­build our na­tion and im­por­tant­ly, re­new our na­tion­al hope.”

Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the fo­cus as a peo­ple go­ing for­ward from the bur­dens cre­at­ed by the pan­dem­ic must be on re­build­ing our coun­try.

“The best way to re­build our twin-is­land Re­pub­lic is by each in­di­vid­ual striv­ing for their best know­ing that the mis­takes of the past do not de­fine us as in­di­vid­u­als. Each day through his res­ur­rec­tion Je­sus re­deems us from these mis­takes, giv­ing us more op­por­tu­ni­ties to suc­ceed,” she said.

“To­day I call on those in au­thor­i­ty to not on­ly echo East­er greet­ings but East­er ac­tions. The Lord showed that he res­ur­rect­ed for the re­demp­tion of all, sim­i­lar­ly, they must lead, gov­ern and dis­trib­ute our re­sources to en­sure the re­build­ing of all cit­i­zens emerg­ing out of this pan­dem­ic. Those in au­thor­i­ty must do more to ease the bur­dens of the vul­ner­a­ble, and en­sure that all cit­i­zens are pro­tect­ed and pro­vid­ed for.”

The Op­po­si­tion Leader added: “This East­er, let us be­lieve that a bet­ter to­mor­row is pos­si­ble for us all and let us work to make a bet­ter fu­ture a re­al­i­ty for all.”