Where are voices of protest?

THE EDITOR: I was the victim of a robbery last week. I jumped in a maxi taxi at around 4 pm with the intention of attending my evening class at UWI. As I sat in the back, a dreadlocked man en-tered, sat next to me and pulled out a knife. I was petrified! He took my purse, and ordered me to get off the maxi at the next stop because he wanted me to use my bank card to withdraw money from my account. As I got off the maxi, I ran across the road and continued running until I could go no more. I have not even made a report to the police because they have not done anything about two previous burglaries at my home and I have no confidence in them.

This is the third time I have been involved in a robbery in the last year. My family was burgled twice already. When is all this madness going to stop? I am amazed at the silence of the normally loquacious Errol McLeod, Jennifer Baptiste and Hazel Brown! Where are their strident voices of protest in the face of this social decay? I hate to admit it, but these people were far more visible and their voices far more strident when Panday was in power. Our country is rotting from within. Please, Mr McLeod and other leaders, let’s stop playing politics and start objecting to this reign of terror in the name of Mother TT. Having installed the PNM we owe it to ourselves and the nation!

RAYANNE WEBB
Curepe