Passport tin gods treat people like cattle

After about fifteen minutes I saw other people walking into the line ahead of me. I got up and did a head count from the start of the line to my seat. At that time there were 34 persons ahead of me. After some discussion I understood that the person in front of the line was there since 1.45 am. That was before I left home. The long wait gave me an opportunity to think and reflect.

The Minister of National Security should take stock of his Ministry that is not performing. I know that there is no easy solution to crime and it is an up hill battle. But Mr Minister delivering Passports should not be an up hill battle. Why should the citizens of Trinidad and Tobago have to leave their homes at 1/2 in the morning, line up like cattle and then be turned away by your tin Gods in uniform who feel that they can talk and treat taxpayers who pay their salaries like their little children.

Well Mr Minister that is very unacceptable, God help your government 2020 vision. I was subject to that kind of treatment on the morning of February 11, 2008. I took pains to ensure that my documents were in good order but your “Tin God” found that my form was “too dirty” and turned me away with any consideration or regard for what I had been through from 2 to 6 am. I have shown my passport documents to several persons and not one saw any reason to be rejected since all sections were clearly legible. Mr Minister the US Embassy several years ago had problems serving Trinidad and Tobago citizens visas, we were all subject to early mornings and long lines. But, they solved the problem. You do not need “reinvent the wheel.”

Why not “piggy back” on the American Embassy’s system and remove the hardship from our citizens. We do not deserve this kind of treatment. After all, we are living in the 21st century in a “so-called” first world to be country. God help our nation and the Ministry of National Security.

ROBERT CHARBONNE

Pt Lisas

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