“Go to Hell!”
Those were the words directed to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, by Chaguanas West MP, Dinesh Rambally, after the PM attempted to link the Opposition to the bomb threats last Friday which disrupted classes at over 50 schools across the country.
At the PNM’s family day in Toco on Sunday, Rowley asked his supporters if it was a coincidence that bomb threats were made on the same day of an Opposition no-confidence motion against National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds in the House of Representatives.
But, speaking at a UNC media briefing on Monday, Rambally said Rowley’s remarks were “very disturbing” and, “a desperate attempt to deflect attention” from the pathetic performance of the Government.
Rambally said they reject any insinuation, any suggestion and/or any statement to the effect that the Opposition UNC was in any way involved in that act of terror last Friday.
“I want to tell Dr Rowley that he can go to hell and take his irresponsible statements with him. The population rejects you Dr Rowley and we reject your dotish statements.”
Rambally said it was no coincidence Hinds was minister whilst all of the national security apparatus is malfunctioning.
“It is not a coincidence that crime has been spiralling out of control since 2015 with the rate of murders having reached its highest in 2022 whilst Hinds is minister.
“It is not a coincidence that whilst Rowley and Hinds lead the National Security Council, crime is a run-away train.
“It is as a direct result of the Rowley-led PNM Government’s incompetence, ineptitude and rampant corruption and mismanagement that the country is experiencing rampant crime and poverty.”
Rambally lamented that Hinds had not viewed the bomb threats as an act of terror, but had said, “It may have been just an ordinary miscreant.”
He said the ministry should have improved its cyber security, including better filtering of emails, stronger firewalls, and clear lines of emergency communication with police and educational authorities.
“The Government boasts of its response simply because it was a day where all’s well that ends well. But God forbid, had there been an emergency, what level of preparedness would the hospitals be in? Have they been trained to deal with mass casualties? Is there an existing policy in place?
“Are there designated hospitals in the North, Central, South? Had there been an emergency, how would parents of children been informed/treated/comforted?”
He condemned the bomb scare perpetrators, saying schools were sacred places for children.
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