(Trinidad Express) – POLITICAL leader of the United National Congress (UNC) and Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, says the leadership of the party must never fall into the hands of weak men and women.
She said “finesse and diplomacy must be backed up with steeliness and savagery when required to define the party’s membership”.
In an Independence Day message to the “UNC family”, posted to social media yesterday, Persad-Bissessar said “a UNC leader must never allow our party to be hijacked by the local drug mafia and the fake eat-a-food elite as happened to the PNM”.
“More than just a party, the UNC is a belief system rooted in the spirit of resistance, freedom, equality, justice, unity, hope, and faith. It is a spirit that lived in our poor, marginalised ancestors, yet who never allowed themselves to fall by the wayside,” she continued.
The Prime Minister also urged people to have “love in our communities”, adding that it was the most valuable key to success.
“Never allow your heart to become small and bitter; rather, share it, and it will grow and warm everyone and everything around you. While I encourage you to live with love in your heart, I also say do not crawl on your belly for anyone. It’s either peace or total war, nothing in between,” she said.
