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 isnt oppression worst than slaughter? Isnt 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. Its 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