Rowley suggests Emancipation move to UWI

The Prime Minister made this suggestion at an Emancipation concert and celebration held at the Diplomatic Centre on Sunday. Rowley said, “I feel that this vibe that we have in here should be exposed to the wider community and it is on that basis that I will ask the UWI to host it next year at their campus.”

He believed this would, “ buoy up the spirit of the national community because in TT there is a lot that is not going well, but there is a whole lot that has gone well and is going well.”

Rowley said citizens must be careful not to, “drown ourselves in our own sorrow by saying that there is so much that is not going well.”

He explained that in engaging the things that have to be done, “we can be in a better position to face those challenges and overcome them.”

Rowley added, “if we gird out loins and observe what has gone well that we can build on.”

The Prime Minister said TT’s cultural heritage is “one of the more robust aspects of our country” and citizens must, “continue to draw from it and make it stronger.”

Rowley said the population must remember, “we are a nation of people who have come from all over the world and we are living by and large in peace and harmony on these islands.” He said while citizens are critical of each other, there are others in the rest of the world, “who might be envious of us.”

Rowley also said TT’s relationship with Africa has evolved as we have developed.
As part of the world’s trading community, Rowley said, “We’re reaching out to Africa in a way that is a little different from what it used to be.”