TTMA tells UNC: Support Anti-Kidnapping Bill

THE Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturing Association (TTMA) yesterday joined the Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) in calling upon the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) to support the Anti-Kidnapping Bill.

In a statement, TTMA president Anthony Hosang urged “the country’s legislators and parliamentarians, especially those on the Opposition to more diligently pursue the process towards enacting an Anti-Kidnapping Bill in the best interest of all of Trinidad and Tobago”. Reflecting upon the TTMA’s concerns about the levels of crime in the country, Hosang called upon “all good men to take a stand and unite in the fight against crime and the brutalisation of the population who now live in fear of being kidnapped or having their loved ones held for ransom”. “The TTMA believes that the effort to curb crime must be actively engaged beyond narrow sectoral, political or party interest,” he declared. Hosang added that “crime is a cancer and affects every law-abiding citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, it is therefore every citizen’s responsibility to support all efforts and/or initiatives to combat this cancer in our society”.