Kamla Persad-Bissessar Verbatim - Tuesday 24 Jan. 2012 - Rienzi Complex, Couva:
Our party is bigger than any individual; YOU demonstrated two years ago that you understood that and you made the correct judgment in changing your leadership.
Two months from today you will face the same challenge – to choose wisely so that OUR PARTY WILL REMAIN STRONG, UNITED AND IN GOVERNMENT … TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU.
Ask questions and demand answers.
And remember always that we in the UNC have a clear vision of what our country must be … it must be that proverbial village that nurtures and raises every child…
It is a vision that extends beyond the home and into the community…
It is a vision where we give more than we receive.
The greatest charity is to be each other’s keeper, to stand together to help one another.
My vision is one that sees our people celebrating that which brings us together, not what sets us apart … a vision of a new society that we fashion with discipline and where we open our doors to one another and welcome the best human values.
It is a vision of a new society with respect for each other and the preservation of human dignity…
It is a vision of a country where the poorest have the same opportunity as the most affluent, where we treat the differently abled with respect, where we care for the elderly with dignity for their contribution through their toil be it in field and factory or anywhere else …
It is the vision of a society where every family has a home, where no one goes hungry, where the entire community raises every child as its own, where every woman and every child and every elderly person is respected, where everyone who wants a job can acquire one, where people are rewarded and acknowledged in accordance with their respective contributions…
My vision for our nation is one where our government is guided by the highest moral values and ethics, where government is accountable to the people …
Two months from today you will face the same challenge – to choose wisely so that OUR PARTY WILL REMAIN STRONG, UNITED AND IN GOVERNMENT … TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU.
Ask questions and demand answers.
And remember always that we in the UNC have a clear vision of what our country must be … it must be that proverbial village that nurtures and raises every child…
It is a vision that extends beyond the home and into the community…
It is a vision where we give more than we receive.
The greatest charity is to be each other’s keeper, to stand together to help one another.
My vision is one that sees our people celebrating that which brings us together, not what sets us apart … a vision of a new society that we fashion with discipline and where we open our doors to one another and welcome the best human values.
It is a vision of a new society with respect for each other and the preservation of human dignity…
It is a vision of a country where the poorest have the same opportunity as the most affluent, where we treat the differently abled with respect, where we care for the elderly with dignity for their contribution through their toil be it in field and factory or anywhere else …
It is the vision of a society where every family has a home, where no one goes hungry, where the entire community raises every child as its own, where every woman and every child and every elderly person is respected, where everyone who wants a job can acquire one, where people are rewarded and acknowledged in accordance with their respective contributions…
My vision for our nation is one where our government is guided by the highest moral values and ethics, where government is accountable to the people …
It is a vision where the media must be free to report and probe as a fourth estate of governance, to be the guardians of democracy to generate debate and discussion on matters of national interest on which citizens can act…
It is a vision of continuing service to you the people …
As a mother and grandmother I know the value of love and compassion … and as I leave you tonight, I pledge to embrace everyone in unity, so that we will live as one family, under God, enjoying and sharing the bounty of our land.
We must never again engage in divisiveness …we must always celebrate our diversity and our rich heritage.
Let us live together, dream dreams together and build a nation of equals where each of us would be free and free from fear.
This is my vision for you in the UNC and our country. And I promise you I will not fail you.
And so I ask you once more to put God in front and let us walk behind … and let us live the way the Almighty meant it to be – one family, dedicated to our mother Trinidad and Tobago.
It is a vision of continuing service to you the people …
As a mother and grandmother I know the value of love and compassion … and as I leave you tonight, I pledge to embrace everyone in unity, so that we will live as one family, under God, enjoying and sharing the bounty of our land.
We must never again engage in divisiveness …we must always celebrate our diversity and our rich heritage.
Let us live together, dream dreams together and build a nation of equals where each of us would be free and free from fear.
This is my vision for you in the UNC and our country. And I promise you I will not fail you.
And so I ask you once more to put God in front and let us walk behind … and let us live the way the Almighty meant it to be – one family, dedicated to our mother Trinidad and Tobago.
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