By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe December 09, 2010 It is one thing to win an election. It is quite another thing to govern a country. It’s good to rule by consensus but disastrous when no one is in charge and the leadership functions by vaps. It is exciting when a leader is guided by a … Continue reading Who Is In Charge Here?
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe December 01, 2010 What does the president of a country do when he is asked to break the law? He responds firmly and comes down on the side of the law knowing that political leaders are always more concerned about gaining partisan advantage than respecting the laws they were elected … Continue reading A Presidential Challenge
By Raffique Shah November 20, 2010 As I write this column, Government is before Parliament presenting the Interception of Communications bill, which it expects to pass in a marathon sitting. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she hoped to get support from the opposition PNM, which I feel certain she will.
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 16, 2010 I did not vote for the People’s National Movement (PNM) during the last national election. Like so many, I became so disenchanted with the positions and attitudes of the former Prime Minister that I could not, in good faith, support the party which I always supported and … Continue reading Setting a Proper Example
Express Editorial November 13, 2010 – trinidadexpress.com As the country watched in fascination, former prime minister Patrick Manning showed signs of having been stung into replying to his successor’s revelations about the telecommunications intercepts perpetrated for five years under his rule . Until Friday, Mr Manning, now just another MP, had been mostly silent in … Continue reading On Mr Manning’s Secret Service
Clear and present danger PRESIDENT George Maxwell Richards, former Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma, his wife Kalawati, Government and Opposition politicians, trade-unionists, journalists and even some of their children were subject to secret surveillance by the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA), Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar revealed yesterday as she expressed a “deep sense of personal outrage” over … Continue reading They Spied on the President Too
Statement by the Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago in the House of Representatives on the interception of communications November 12, 2010
By Dr. Selwyn R. Cudjoe November 11, 2010 I did not know Fazeer Mohamed well. He interviewed me on First Up once and did a good job although he was rude to me before the programme began. I chalked that up to the incivility that some of our public and private officials/servants indulge in most … Continue reading The Corrupting Influence of the People’s Partnership
By Sean Douglas October 22, 2010 – newsday.co.tt THE Rape Crisis Society yesterday called on Government to pass laws to hold parents responsible for sexual offences done by their children. “Some of the perpetrators of these heinous sexual assaults are teenagers and thus are not liable for prosecution.” The Society wrote to media houses to … Continue reading Hold parents responsible
By Raffique Shah September 26, 2010 “So, I expect you to tear into (Herbert) Volney’s anatomy in your next column!” many of my readers chorused all of last week. People were itching for me—why me?—to go after the judge-turned-politician, the greatest intervention since, let’s say, mouth-organist Cutty Joseph. Or Hardeo Hardath, a PNM “crapaud” who … Continue reading Here today, gone tomorrow