INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGEKamla: Eliminate threats to T&T’s independence

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has suggested that this country’s sovereignty is being eroded through globalisation.

In her message to mark this country’s 62nd Independence Day celebrations, Persad-Bissessar said international colonial masters have been replaced by international corporate masters.

Persad-Bissessar said: “A proper analysis will show that our behaviours on governmental and personal levels have moved from being previously controlled by other nations to now being controlled by global corporations and international oversight bodies, particularly through the financial, food, medical, energy and IT sectors.”

She pointed to the role of the World Health Organisation (WHO) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We saw the WHO coerced independent nations to lock down citizens and mandate the acceptance of a vaccine that was later proven to be ineffective,” she said.

Stating that the internet has become the greatest interference tool in the internal affairs of independent nations, Persad-Bissessar noted: “The large social media companies and search engines influenced by their corporate advertisers and Governments, censor free speech by categorising opinions opposite to their beliefs and interests as hate speech.

“They dictate what morals and values are appropriate, they erode your religious liberties and online mobs determine which causes and groups are just and which are evil.”

She sought to encourage citizens to urgently eliminate threats to the country’s independence for future generations by fixing our internal issues with local innovation and ingenuity.

“I urge citizens to draw strength from the memory of our foreparents and work to regain our sovereign decision-making and preserve our independence,” Persad-Bissessar said.

“Let us embody the spirit of personal responsibility, invention, and unity of purpose to set our country on a path of self-sufficiency and self-determination,” she added.

Persad-Bissessar expressed faith that the situation could improve with the support of citizens.

“Undoubtedly, we will face serious challenges, but we must have faith that we will overcome them all once we work together, with a common resolve,” she said.

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