Resh­ma Ra­goonath

For­mer PNM Min­is­ter Er­rol Ma­habir is ad­vis­ing new­ly-ap­point­ed En­er­gy Min­is­ter Car­olyn Seep­er­sad-Bachan and the Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship Gov­ern­ment not to fall prey to the dis­ease of ar­ro­gance.

Ma­habir, a for­mer PNM deputy po­lit­i­cal leader, said the dis­ease of ar­ro­gance led to the col­lapse of the PNM Gov­ern­ment and he urged Seep­er­sad-Bachan to avoid that ail­ment. He added: "There is no bet­ter gift that one can have than to be of ser­vice to the peo­ple of this coun­try and I urge Car­olyn (Seep­er­sad-Bachan) to do that.

"I al­so urge Car­olyn to avoid a dis­ease that I think has af­flict­ed too many of our politi­cians in this coun­try and I am talk­ing about the dis­ease of ar­ro­gance." Ma­habir, a for­mer San Fer­nan­do West MP, was ad­dress­ing a cel­e­bra­to­ry thanks­giv­ing ser­vice for Seep­er­sad-Bachan on Mon­day at Omardeen's Build­ing, Cipero Street, San Fer­nan­do.

He said from time-to-time he was amazed by the de­bates in Par­lia­ment and some of the pub­lic state­ments made by politi­cians. "The ar­ro­gance of peo­ple who at­tain of­fice; they seem to be­lieve when they at­tain of­fice they have no re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to the peo­ple and that is why so many of them have paid the price that they have paid," he said. Ma­habir con­grat­u­lat­ed Seep­er­sad-Bachan, say­ing: "She can call up­on me for ad­vice any­time."