Not time for partisanship

And in need of emergency intervention, lest it ends up in the grave.

I note the oft-strident calls for decisive governmental response to the ongoing spate and heinousness of bloodletting.

The wolves, scenting a chink, are baying loudly for the line minister, even the entire Government, to step aside or down.

To make room for whom? The problem is systemic, not anaemic: replacing one cell won’t cure the network.

Fixing the country won’t seriously begin until we dump the false paradigm that, if you’re not PNM or UNC, you’re against TT . Or that if you’re for TT , you’re cannot be PNM or UNC. We are all in one boat; or out. We swim in unison. Or drown guarding turf.

Until that commonality day arrives, the headlines will continue to crystallise around those for whom the bells toll, having fallen prey.

I pray our parliamentarians rapidly understand this plaintive message: economise on the partisan posturing and collaborate to revive TT ’s near-broken spirit.

Richard Wm Thomas Five Rivers, Arouca