A lot of money is being spent on on National Security now since there are unidentified murderers walking around “among us,” Prime Minister Keith Rowley has said.
Rowley made the point in addressing graduates of the University of the Southern Caribbean at the institution’s 83rd graduation ceremony at the Grandstand of the Queen’s Park Savannah yesterday. He said Education had always had the highest allocation of funding, until “something happened” and now more money is being spent on National Security.
He added that “...walking among us today are unidentified murderers, they might be right in front of you, (or ) buying a roti and you don’t know who they are.”
What was worse, he said was that they are known in some communities, but there is fear in the community and people are afraid to say anything about the situation.
The Prime Minister also expressed concern about: “....our ( T&T) menfolk”, who he said are not as “present as they should be.” He said there will be more social stresses and issues if that continues. “Whenever we hear of misconduct in T&T, it’s the men—we need to change that,” Rowley added. He also advised students not to turn their face away from governance issues or believe it belongs only to others to deal with.
Calling on them to embrace change since change was very frequently needed for success, Rowley said they should pay attention to what is going on in society and if they saw the need for change they should demand it, whether, the change involved not having 12 year old girls marry, or in ensuring state enterprises aren’t mismanaged.