Kamla: I'm ready for any electionAnna Ramdass
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http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/nart?id=161616473Prime Minister Patrick Manning’s days are numbered, said United National Congress (UNC) Political Leader and Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, assuring she was ready for any election.
Manning, also political leader of the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM), speaking at the party’s Chaguaramas convention yesterday, sent a message to Persad-Bissessar that elections were around the corner, and the PNM would start screening candidates from April 8.
Persad-Bissessar, speaking at the Voice of the People rally at Saith Park, Chaguanas, responded to Manning’s announcement, saying: ’So let me answer you, Mr Manning, don’t back back on that promise, you know, Mr Manning. Don’t back back at all because Mr Manning knows he cannot stop the wave.’
On April 7, Persad-Bissessar would be piloting a motion of no-confidence in Manning in the Parliament.
Yesterday, she said: ’Mr Manning, you could screen who you want, I want to ask the people, the thousands here today do you have confidence in Mr Manning as your prime minister?’
’No!’ shouted the crowd.
Persad-Bissessar said T&T was ready for change
’A carnival of corruption and excessiveness is parading through our bloodied streets, showing off its self-glorification of a leader’s ego. But understand this his power is derived through you. Vox populi, vox dei; the voice of the people is the voice of God. The people determine what becomes of him. Each day, he grows weaker before an increasingly agitated and angry population. He must know his political days are numbered,’ she said.
’Surely, he doesn’t need his prophetess to see the end is in sight. People are fed up. If anything has brought us together, it is the outrage at what the Manning administration has done to our country,’ said Persad-Bissessar.
The UNC political leader said the entire nation was reeling from scandal after scandal as people struggle to survive.
’And so, across all boundaries, we are brought together by a common intention to defend our rights and freedoms, to take back our country. Poverty has united us. Fear has held us close. Thirst and hunger have huddled us together,’ she said.
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