TheLight
10-25-2007, 07:20 PM
For once Hinds speak the truth
“Some of the worst behaviour you will see in the PNM is around election time,” says junior National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.
He said the comment was made to him by a PNM stalwart as he cautioned the young people in the audience not to follow the example of some of the party’s senior members.
“There are elements in the PNM who take the election process too far.”
Hinds said these elements, in their rush to attain office, became malicious and engaged in unseemly behaviour.
Urging the youths to keep their election process pure, clean and disciplined, Hinds said:
“You must understand when you are seeking office it has to be because you are committed to serving.”
Hinds, who delivered the feature address at the function, also installed the Youth League’s new executive.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning, according to the programme—and a release sent to the media—was slated to speak at the function and install the new executive. He was, however, a no-show.
In his address, Hinds encouraged youths to make a positive difference in their communities.
Paying special attention to Laventille—which he described as not merely a place but rather an experience—Hinds advised the PNM’s young supporters to take advantage of the programmes and opportunities offered by the Government.
“It is a sin to waste money and a moment in time…We have no time to lose,” he said.
“You don’t need the clothing of office to serve. And if you serve well, you don’t have to fight for office. The people will put you on their shoulders and take you into office.”
Hinds, however, had some harsh words for the young men he said wasted money, their potential and time.
The Laventille East/Morvant MP said it made him sick to see groups of young men liming on the road at 8.30 am “like corbeaux taking sun.”
http://www.guardian.co.tt/
“Some of the worst behaviour you will see in the PNM is around election time,” says junior National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.
He said the comment was made to him by a PNM stalwart as he cautioned the young people in the audience not to follow the example of some of the party’s senior members.
“There are elements in the PNM who take the election process too far.”
Hinds said these elements, in their rush to attain office, became malicious and engaged in unseemly behaviour.
Urging the youths to keep their election process pure, clean and disciplined, Hinds said:
“You must understand when you are seeking office it has to be because you are committed to serving.”
Hinds, who delivered the feature address at the function, also installed the Youth League’s new executive.
Prime Minister Patrick Manning, according to the programme—and a release sent to the media—was slated to speak at the function and install the new executive. He was, however, a no-show.
In his address, Hinds encouraged youths to make a positive difference in their communities.
Paying special attention to Laventille—which he described as not merely a place but rather an experience—Hinds advised the PNM’s young supporters to take advantage of the programmes and opportunities offered by the Government.
“It is a sin to waste money and a moment in time…We have no time to lose,” he said.
“You don’t need the clothing of office to serve. And if you serve well, you don’t have to fight for office. The people will put you on their shoulders and take you into office.”
Hinds, however, had some harsh words for the young men he said wasted money, their potential and time.
The Laventille East/Morvant MP said it made him sick to see groups of young men liming on the road at 8.30 am “like corbeaux taking sun.”
http://www.guardian.co.tt/