Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s condemnation of the United National Congress advertisements as somehow denigrating of Afro-Trinbagonians is hypocritical and disingenuous.
This is the same Dr. Rowley who was deftly silent when his PNM depicted an Indian Hindu woman dressed in a sari was being disrobed by gorillas.
This same Dr. Rowley shared a stage with THA Assemblyman Hilton Sandy who said the Calcutta Ship should not be allowed in Tobago.
In both these examples ( there are more that can be cited) Dr. Rowley was silent only selecting to raise his voice with remedial action when public sentiment and outrage forced him to say something. (Sari ptotest)
The Indian community will not forget these instances and will not allow Dr. Rowley now to use UNC ads to somehow project the Rowley’s PNM as some sort of paragon of virtue. The self-righteous indignation of Dr. Rowley is hollow.
After being roundly condemned by some of the nation’s prominent African activists such as Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe for abandoning the African community for the last five years and rewarding non-African “johnny come lately” to the PNM such as Stuart Young, Rohan Sinanan, Faris Al Rawi, Terrance Deyalsingh, Kazim Hosein, and Colm Imbert with the prestigious and lucrative ministerial portfolios, Dr. Rowley is now trying to become overnight the voice of the African community.
This retreat into a race discussion is not surprising as it is in the DNA of the PNM with its genesis since its formation under Dr. Eric Williams. Dr. Rowley brainwashed by the PNM can unfortunately only see Trinidad and Tobago with racial lens.
Pt. Satyanand Maharaj
Spiritual Leader
Satya Anand Asharam
Araganguez
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