RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Se­nior Re­porter

rhon­dor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt

The Na­tion­al Trans­for­ma­tion Al­liance (NTA) has ex­pressed deep sor­row over the trag­ic pass­ing of Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian, Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for D’Abadie O’Meara, and her two young daugh­ters.

In a me­dia state­ment is­sued on De­cem­ber 16, the NTA con­demned the spread of spec­u­la­tion and un­found­ed nar­ra­tives sur­round­ing the tragedy. The par­ty called out those us­ing the in­ci­dent to pro­mote po­lit­i­cal agen­das, cit­ing claims about bur­glar-proof­ing, fire ser­vice de­lays, and wa­ter sup­ply is­sues as pre­ma­ture and base­less.

“This is a time for uni­ty, com­pas­sion, and em­pa­thy,” the state­ment read. The NTA urged all cit­i­zens to re­frain from politi­ciz­ing the tragedy or at­tribut­ing it to spir­i­tu­al­i­ty or po­lit­i­cal mo­tives. Such ac­tions, the par­ty em­pha­sized, are “dis­re­spect­ful, un­kind, ir­re­spon­si­ble, and in­sen­si­tive.”

Gary Grif­fith, Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the NTA, called for dig­ni­ty and re­spect in pub­lic dis­course. “Po­lit­i­cal op­po­nents are not en­e­mies,” he said, urg­ing the pub­lic to fo­cus on shared hu­man­i­ty rather than di­vi­sion.

The NTA en­cour­aged cit­i­zens to ho­n­our the mem­o­ry of Mor­ris-Ju­lian and her daugh­ters by stand­ing in sol­i­dar­i­ty and sup­port­ing the griev­ing fam­i­ly. “Let us re­flect on our shared hu­man­i­ty and come to­geth­er as a na­tion in this time of grief,” the re­lease con­clud­ed.

The NTA al­so ex­tend­ed its deep­est con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly, wish­ing them com­fort in the love and sup­port of the na­tion.