brag
10-31-2007, 06:18 AM
The call by the UNC in general and by Mr Basdeo Panday in particular for a unity political party in order to win the upcoming general elections from the PNM requires much broadmindedness from all true politicians, aspiring politicians and their leaders.
A political leader must first be willing to make the sacrifice of stepping aside for the sake of unity when he/she calls for it among the political parties. If not, it is an empty call for dishonest politics.
Whom can Mr. Panday or rather the UNC ever find to lead them in Mr. Panday's absence? Judging from the history of Mr Panday's behaviors, with the slightest disagreement anyone has with him, he is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to destroy their political career. "Crush them," he is reported to have said. Is that the attitude of unity, one may ask?
Even when he had a slight majority in government, Mr. Panday appears to have made no attempts in understanding another point of view, and working with it as part of the modeling required in advancing new leadership. Where are the new or young leaders Mr. Panday has mentored for the many years he has been in political office?
Mr. Panday behaves as if he alone is the UNC and he alone has ideas. No one in the UNC dares to challenge him, since their political careers in the UNC will be over before he knows it. Does this demonstrate true leadership?
Mr. Panday does not understand the meaning of political power, and how it must be shared, and used for serving all the people all the time, selflessness and as long as possible before willingly and voluntarily handing it over to young blood.
Mr. Panday's fight with Mr. Lawrence Maharaj and all others in the UNC comes across as a demonstration of how little he understands the importance of holding on to political power for doing the most for the greatest numbers of people--not for me but for all.
Let us take a quick look at how easily Mr. Panday readily threw away the political power that was once entrusted in him for serving all the people of T&T with best of intentions.
In his own words, Mr. Panday says " if you don't like it, then leave." The female UNC representative from Tobago was the first victim of this kind of attitude of disunity, and she had to bear the brunt of his kind of uncaring commentary. This is how little Mr Panday shows his care about people and what he can do with political power when entrusted in him by even a slim majority of the electorate.
Perhaps Mr. Panday's concoction that "politics has a morality of its own" is ingrained in him. Is it another way of saying it is ok to lie, cheat and deceive in politics, and that the end justifies the means?
The history of Mr. Panday's behaviors in his capacity as a politician demonstrates that he cannot be trusted, and it is truly a waste of each vote that is given to him and the UNC on election day.
Mr. Panday's talk of unity is nothing but empty rhetoric, perhaps only for winning back the votes of those who are most likely to move away from him to the COP. It is also laced with the perception that positions in the UNC can be easily bought and sold like merchandise on shelves.
Mr. Panday seems to indulge in a kind of political life that can only be described as nothing but chronic vindictiveness. A close analysis will show that every budding leader in the UNC has left the UNC or has been dismissed because of Mr. Panday's destructive style of leadership.
Everyone who dares to express a new or different point of view meets with Mr Panday's warth and his/her eventual political demise in the UNC. Is that not one of the characteristics of a chronic pathological ego?
Did Mr. Panday ever truly demonstrate the best interest and welfare of the nation? Trinidad is a nation that needs more honest leaders with the highest moral integrity, not less? Did Mr. Panday not ride the backs of the people to get to a place where he can manipulate more people freely with his expertise in acting? How else would anyone describe Mr. Panday's behaviors?
True unity and quality leadership rest on the strength of agreeing to disagree without fear of vindictiveness. It is what gives the freedom for one to grow and mature personally and politically. How does Mr. Panday score on this?
If Mr. Panday truly understands the concept of enjoying political power as a trust of the people for doing the highest good for the greatest numbers, he would step aside as leader of the UNC, and allow unity to blossom without him. In so doing, he will also have benefited from a broadmindedness he needs to develop before his call for true unity.
Unity demands preparedness for stepping down when the call for true unity is made. Mr. Panday is in the best and strongest position to demonstrate how true unity demands the personal sacrifice of stepping aside.
True leadership and unity must be demonstrated, not voiced with hollowness, as if most people can't hear and feel the tone of a hollow message.
It is time for a change in the politics of T&T, so that all may benefit from the unity in diversity of a nation of forty plus years of racial divide.
We can say thanks to Mr. Winston Dookeran for the minimum of racial tension reported in this election campaign. It is a significant plus for Mr. Dookeran's being on the scene.
A third political party on the election scene of T&T now provides a good choice for the electorate with mostly the issues of quality leadership and the best interest of the nation being the objective of voting. Let us hope it is understood as the best opportunity for making changes in the politics of T&T on Monday.
May all vote wisely and with careful thought, my fellow Trinbagonians, as we sympathize with you for the history of the lack of proper leadership and quality security in T&T which many Trinbagonians seek abroad. We wish the same kind of security in T&T for all with a change in leadership.
A political leader must first be willing to make the sacrifice of stepping aside for the sake of unity when he/she calls for it among the political parties. If not, it is an empty call for dishonest politics.
Whom can Mr. Panday or rather the UNC ever find to lead them in Mr. Panday's absence? Judging from the history of Mr Panday's behaviors, with the slightest disagreement anyone has with him, he is eagerly awaiting the opportunity to destroy their political career. "Crush them," he is reported to have said. Is that the attitude of unity, one may ask?
Even when he had a slight majority in government, Mr. Panday appears to have made no attempts in understanding another point of view, and working with it as part of the modeling required in advancing new leadership. Where are the new or young leaders Mr. Panday has mentored for the many years he has been in political office?
Mr. Panday behaves as if he alone is the UNC and he alone has ideas. No one in the UNC dares to challenge him, since their political careers in the UNC will be over before he knows it. Does this demonstrate true leadership?
Mr. Panday does not understand the meaning of political power, and how it must be shared, and used for serving all the people all the time, selflessness and as long as possible before willingly and voluntarily handing it over to young blood.
Mr. Panday's fight with Mr. Lawrence Maharaj and all others in the UNC comes across as a demonstration of how little he understands the importance of holding on to political power for doing the most for the greatest numbers of people--not for me but for all.
Let us take a quick look at how easily Mr. Panday readily threw away the political power that was once entrusted in him for serving all the people of T&T with best of intentions.
In his own words, Mr. Panday says " if you don't like it, then leave." The female UNC representative from Tobago was the first victim of this kind of attitude of disunity, and she had to bear the brunt of his kind of uncaring commentary. This is how little Mr Panday shows his care about people and what he can do with political power when entrusted in him by even a slim majority of the electorate.
Perhaps Mr. Panday's concoction that "politics has a morality of its own" is ingrained in him. Is it another way of saying it is ok to lie, cheat and deceive in politics, and that the end justifies the means?
The history of Mr. Panday's behaviors in his capacity as a politician demonstrates that he cannot be trusted, and it is truly a waste of each vote that is given to him and the UNC on election day.
Mr. Panday's talk of unity is nothing but empty rhetoric, perhaps only for winning back the votes of those who are most likely to move away from him to the COP. It is also laced with the perception that positions in the UNC can be easily bought and sold like merchandise on shelves.
Mr. Panday seems to indulge in a kind of political life that can only be described as nothing but chronic vindictiveness. A close analysis will show that every budding leader in the UNC has left the UNC or has been dismissed because of Mr. Panday's destructive style of leadership.
Everyone who dares to express a new or different point of view meets with Mr Panday's warth and his/her eventual political demise in the UNC. Is that not one of the characteristics of a chronic pathological ego?
Did Mr. Panday ever truly demonstrate the best interest and welfare of the nation? Trinidad is a nation that needs more honest leaders with the highest moral integrity, not less? Did Mr. Panday not ride the backs of the people to get to a place where he can manipulate more people freely with his expertise in acting? How else would anyone describe Mr. Panday's behaviors?
True unity and quality leadership rest on the strength of agreeing to disagree without fear of vindictiveness. It is what gives the freedom for one to grow and mature personally and politically. How does Mr. Panday score on this?
If Mr. Panday truly understands the concept of enjoying political power as a trust of the people for doing the highest good for the greatest numbers, he would step aside as leader of the UNC, and allow unity to blossom without him. In so doing, he will also have benefited from a broadmindedness he needs to develop before his call for true unity.
Unity demands preparedness for stepping down when the call for true unity is made. Mr. Panday is in the best and strongest position to demonstrate how true unity demands the personal sacrifice of stepping aside.
True leadership and unity must be demonstrated, not voiced with hollowness, as if most people can't hear and feel the tone of a hollow message.
It is time for a change in the politics of T&T, so that all may benefit from the unity in diversity of a nation of forty plus years of racial divide.
We can say thanks to Mr. Winston Dookeran for the minimum of racial tension reported in this election campaign. It is a significant plus for Mr. Dookeran's being on the scene.
A third political party on the election scene of T&T now provides a good choice for the electorate with mostly the issues of quality leadership and the best interest of the nation being the objective of voting. Let us hope it is understood as the best opportunity for making changes in the politics of T&T on Monday.
May all vote wisely and with careful thought, my fellow Trinbagonians, as we sympathize with you for the history of the lack of proper leadership and quality security in T&T which many Trinbagonians seek abroad. We wish the same kind of security in T&T for all with a change in leadership.