TT lacks humanity

He warned that criminal acts were likely to increase since, according to him, the government has no plan or strategy in place to treat the multifaceted contributors to the crime scourge.

Abdulah was speaking at a press conference at the MSJ’s offices at St Joseph Village, San Fernando, yesterday.

He said the People’s National Movement (PNM) government has been in office for nearly two years and have failed to implement any strategies or plans to combat crime in the country.

“It is clear the government has no plan or strategy to deal with the multifaceted contributors to crime and there is no single factor that causes crime in this country, but we don’t have a sense of strategy addressing each one of those factors there is no sense of hope,” he said.

Abdulah bemoaned there was no sense of hope that things will get better within the next month or six months.

“When people lose hope the society becomes more doomed than how it was before and now there is a break down of sense of value and respect for human life,” he said. Abdulah said a society was judged by how the most vulnerable were treated.

“If we cannot treat the most vulnerable with respect care and concern, it says something about the soul of our country which has being eroded and destroyed from within.

“This did not just happen one week ago, but this process has been ongoing for a period of time and unless we come to grip with the fundamental issues and have strategies being implemented, we are not getting anywhere,” he said.

Speaking on other issues, Abdulah described the recent Cabinet reshuffle as an illusion.

“Cabinet reshuffling only creates the illusion that change is going to happen and things are going to be better managed more efficiently, but those things are illusions and no fundamental changes and nothing fundamental will come out of this,” he said.