Hinds and Rowley Must Jog Their Memories for Akiel Chambers
I write today out of an abundance of concern for the democratic stabilty of Trinidad and Tobago. I, being a staunch believer of COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY, insist on the necessity of having at least 2 political parties within our Westminster system that are vibrant, dynamic and representative of the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
Therefore, it is of little solace to me that Mr. Robert Sabga, Head of a Task Force investigating the abuse of Children in State care, categorically exonerated United National Congress members from those repulsive and reprehensible criminal acts perpetrated on our Nation’s children, but directly implicated AT LEAST 2 MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE’S NATIONAL MOVEMENT in the buggery, rape and murder of the innocent AKIEL CHAMBERS, along with their long time involvement in a PAEDOPHILE RING.
Given Prime Minister Keith Rowley recent expression of long time concern for the Children of the Nation, and his membership in the inner sanctum of the PNM since 1981, along with Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds entry into the party’s inner sanctum since 1995, a full 17 and 3 years respectively before the horrendous rape and murder of AKIEL CHAMBERS, I call upon both PRIME MINISTER ROWLEY and MINISTER HINDS to jog their collective memories, to reflect deep and hard, to delve into the deepest recesses of their minds, and recall anything they might have seen or heard that could assist Acting Commissioner of Police McDONALD JACOBS in bringing any perpetrator of the heinous act still living to justice.
I take note of the memorial challenges that both men have displayed of late, in Prime Minister Rowley not recalling that the SABGA REPORT was referred to in Parliament numerous times, from at least since November 19 2000, whilst he was a member of the House as Opposition MP and in Government, and MINISTER HINDS’ stupefying utterances in the Senate only as of yesterday (17 May 2022) where he MINISTER HINDS claimed ignorance as to the JUSTICE JUDITH JONES REPORT outlining the appalling conditions of abuse within the Children’s Homes under the jurisdiction of the CHILDREN’S AUTHORITY.
It does not serve our country well, when one of the 2 major political parties is referred to in the public space as the PAEDOPHILE NATIONAL MOVEMENT (PNM). This puts the country and indeed our citizens in the worst international light.
This brings no comfort to the UNITED NATIONAL CONGRESS. Prime Minister Keith Rowley and Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds must do everything within their mental capacities to recall any single shred of evidence to help bring this sordid affair to closure and help restore the image of their once illustrious party away from connections with paedophilia and back to the people.
I wish both men only the best.
Senator David Nakhid