Chaguanas West MP Dinesh Rambally said he believes Jack Warner could bring much-needed experience to the United National Congress (UNC) and he is very enthusiastic about his return to the Opposition party.
“A party without structure needs people like Jack Warner to come in. We need all hands on deck,” he said in an interview with Guardian Media on Friday after delivering the feature address at Divali Nagar.
“There is no infrastructure in the UNC right now. I think it would be good to see Jack Warner, and I think I saw some other names as well, if I may use the term loosely, the old guard, wanting to come in and help the party. I am very much enthusiastic about that and I am looking forward to seeing what role they can play.”
In his address, Rambally focused on the theme of the Nagar, Grihastha Ashram: Building Families and Homes.
Noting that householders engage with all elements of a society and ultimately determine the character of the society they live in, he said: “It is the householders or grihasthis who keep society alive and evolving. In other words, they are the threads that bind the past to the present. They keep our culture and spiritual traditions alive.
“If we were to look at a snapshot of what the grihastha ashram means for us in Trinidad, we only have to look at our common household traditions. It is easy to see how potent an institution is for the continuation of culture. Even more significant, it is the machinery through which the very creation propels itself as it is in this ashram that new life comes into being.”
Rambally added that women are the heartbeat of the home and should be treated with respect.
“Hers is the energy which nurtures, which embraces and which protects. She is the guardian of traditions, the custodian of culture, and the preserver of spirituality.
“She is the echo of our collective past and the promise of our collective future. She is indeed our Lakshmi, and not just metaphorically,” he said.