Is this An Eccentric State of Emergency?
By
Umar Abdullah
A burning question as to who stands to benefit; the
Government or the people?
Think of the people in this Twin Island
State as meat in a pressure pot being cooked for the capitalist masters; with
the pressure pot representing the Government. If the mechanism in the pressure
pot (Government) to contain the meat (the people) is not functioning and
working properly; what you will find is that the meat (the people) will explode
creating a big mess; destroying the pressure pot (Government) in the process.
It is an undisputed fact that murders
have been rampant in this twin Island state but isn’t oppression worst than
slaughter? Isn’t crime a direct result of poverty, unfair and unjust treatment
and undue pressure on the working class?
There is no crime worst than the hungry bellies of our
children.
There is no crime worst than the empty book bags of our
youths.
There is no crime worst than the fear and the uncertainty the
future holds for our fellow men.
This oppression includes psychological
trauma, and mental illness, it includes preventing access to basic living
amenities, denying rights and fair play, preventing access to the freedoms we
were once accustomed to, and burdening us with a high cost of living and
unemployment. In all of these instances this oppressive PP Government is
denying access, and driving the people out of places where they have a right to
be. All this is being imposed on us, through what is obviously a systemic
method of mass torture in getting rid of and downplaying those individuals who would
stand up for their rights with impunity right before the eyes of the international
community, and also the international rights organisations, and the supposedly civilized
world, that has caused this Peoples Partnership to be among the most hated and
distrusted Government in the history of Trinidad and Tobago, and its ministers
most despised.
To prevent access to justice and fairness
is punishing than slaughter. Such prevention of access can perhaps be explained
as creating an environment that is not conducive to education, or the practice
of right conduct. This could be something as simple as making it impossible for
a person to survive without committing acts like stealing, selling drugs, or
prostitution, etc. And /or it could be as complex as creating such material,
psychological and spiritual hardships that a previously law abiding people begin
to question goodness, their sense of belonging, and their right to exist, which
could be explained as tests beyond what the people can bear.
From all this it is clear that the PP
Government had no intentions of protecting the citizenry of this twin State but
rather to protect their seat of power. Having considered the pending treat of
the trade unions, the uprising in the middle east and most recently the riots
in England; they were not willing to take that chance, so by implementing the State
of Emergency they would give unto themselves all the power taken away from the
people leaving them helpless and void of all rights and privileges; oppressing
them even more.
This oppressive Government, whether obvious
to the people, is to cause law abiding persons to abandon their patriotism, in
allowing themselves to be governed, by civil disobedience and the commission of
crimes to sustain and protect their own. This as they see it is what is best in
this life.
It is hard to see and read that everyday
this PP Government is violating the rights of poor people treating them as sub
humans, without souls with more detentions, while refusing to address their
social ills and their brutal and illegal economic hardships as what took place
with Clico and the Hindu Credit Union. It seems that this PP Government is
persistent in its disregard to Human Rights, Justice and Fairness.
What is not so obvious is the fact that the
State of Emergency is also destroying this twin Island state. It’s citizens,
who include Indians as well as Muslims, Christians, Africans, Syrians and
others, separate from the political oligarchy, are equally victims of the Capitalist
fanaticism and racism that is threatening our entire Twin State.
Where was the state of emergency when food prices soared;
when mothers could not have brought milk for their babies?
Where the state of emergency when poor people was was turned
away from the hospitals; when people were dying on the corridors of the
hospitals?
Where was the state of emergency when helpless people were marooned
in their homes due to flooding; when they had nowhere to go after losing everything?
Our goal is not only saving the innocent
from this wicked and oppressive PP Government, but we must also seek to save them.
We all must support this idea recognizing and opposing the serious danger of
the oppression that inflicts suffering not only upon the innocent, but also on
the oppressors and perpetrators of violence and crime.
We should be sincere in our intent and
purpose and put a stop once and for all to the cunning and oppression of this
oppressive PP Government if we are to change our future for a better life.
Umar Abdullah:
Head of Waajihatul Islaamiyyah (The Islamic Front); email: waajihatulislaamiyyah@gmail.com; Phone: 1 (868)
787-0765/365-6253; Fax: 1 (868) 631-8597
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