THE MERVYN CATON STORY PT 1
Friday, November 9th, 2007| THE MERVYN CATON STORY |
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The verdict in the Mervyn Caton trial has left many residents of Point Fortin bewildered, traumatized and angry. To many, the justice system has failed and leaves them wondering how can they right the wrong. As a community entity “Point Alive” went on location where Mervyn was killed and spoke to residents about how they felt regarding the killing and the verdict. This is the beginning of a series where we will be bringing to our world wide viewers the views shared by villagers including eyewitness testimonies. Our intention is to highlight the workings of the current judicial structure in Trinidad & Tobago and the ability of “one” man to circumvent the system to achieve his own outcome. However, at this point were would like to present views shared by the villagers about their feelings. We will be featuring different views daily…….thus providing an avenue for fellow villagers, family, friends and loved ones to tell their story. Users using Internet Explorer will be able to immediately view the video clips, however “Fire Fox” users will have to click the link in order to view. |
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ANTOHER CHANCE TO MAKE THE POLITICS RIGHT Fellow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago after forty-five (45 )years of Independence and thirty-one (31) years of Republican status we now have another opportunity to make the politics right. In doing so we must make an assessment of whether the standard of living of all the people of Trinidad and Tobago has improved over the period of Independence & Republicanism. This analysis can be done by looking at the following:- Health Care Education System Public Utilities Judiciary National Security Public Transport State of our Roads Food availability and Prices Unemployment
Well the election bell has been officially rung and Trinidad & Tobago is now on the home stretch towards what maybe described as the most interesting or entertaining elections of recent times.
Within the last three weeks, reports have been circulating that UNC financiers have been calling for the removal of Mr. Panday as leader of the party. Some of the party’s supporters are of the view that Mr. Panday has a strangle hold on the party and is leading it towards its death. What has been made quite clear recently is, the UNC is on a desperate drive to make up with the COP. 
Street talk predicts that FIFA Vice President Jack Warner or Lawrence Duprey,s CL Financial will pay off Bas to get out the way so as to clear the road for progress. These measures may become necessary since the UNC now appears to be the weakest horse in the election race. 
Now, the real drama of election 2007 is nothing short of total bacchanal and it is coming from the PNM’s camp. Whether the political leader has lost his mind or knows something which most of the population doesn’t, he is surely creating some disgruntled PNMites on the home stretch of the election. 
Not only must a leader take into consideration his observations but he must consider the views of the people and when I say people I refer to the wider community and not a selected few who may have hidden agendas. The general population would view Fitzgerald Hinds as a well mannered, articulate and defender of PNM. Eddie Hart is regarded as a community activist in his area. Generally, these two gentlemen have the respect and admiration of the national community. There is now an apparent move to replace these members of parliament for some reason or the other. My question is why? Manning recently, has been heard repeatedly saying that this election will feature the next generation of the party. Is this an indication that he prefers more youthful representation at this time? By any stretch of the imagination, Hinds cannot be considered as being old. 
In Point Fortin, Larry Achong like in the previous cases has been given the nod by the constituency, however, rejected by the screening committee chaired by the Political leader himself Patrick Manning. The Point Fortin scenario made firm my belief on one thing; not to fall for what you see on television. A general walk though the Point Fortin area asking questions about their representation would reveal that Achong is not the type of representative that the general population would want. Some even stated that he is a disgrace to the community. However, there are still those who believe that he is their best representative ever as evident on television.