Hinds, You are not paid $50k a month to talk Nonsense on Facebook

Minister Hinds needs to spend more time on his full time job of reducing our out of control murder rates rather than spewing venom against perceived political enemies on social media.

Hinds must begin showing measurable results to justify the over $50,000 monthly he receives in salary and other perks.

For starters, he can agree to reduce the murder rate by ten percent annually.

In Singapore, Ministers receive a base salary with annual increases based on measurable performances.

If annual murder rates, for example, were reduced by ten, or twenty or thirty percent, Hinds salary increases accordingly.

On the other hand, if the murder rate increased under his watch by say ten percent, he would be fired.

Clearly Minister Hinds is unaware that his job is to provide for our safety and security.

He mistakenly believes it is to excel on social media.

There were over 420 murders in the ten months since he was appointed Minister. More than the 392 for all of 2020 before Hinds assumed office.

In October last, under Hinds watch, TT recorded 51 murders compared to 32 for that same month the year before.

In January this year we recorded 50 murders compared 24 for January 2021.

Under his watch we saw 77 murders in November of 2021, the highest for that month in our history.

We are a war zone, for example in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital city, according to CNN reports, recorded up to last Thursday 136 casualties from heavy Russian bombardments, less than the 420 murders we recorded since Hinds assumed office.

Toronto last year recorded 74 murders for a population twice ours with only 5,500 police compared to the 7,000 regular police and 3000 SRPs under Hinds.

With Hinds at the helm of National Security, citizens are living in dangerous, wild, wild west fear. Criminals appear to be in control, killing with murderous impunity.

Hinds’ appointment has almost been a catalyst for increased brazenness and free reign for criminals.

It is clear that Hinds given his dismal performance as our National Security Minister must resign forthwith so that someone more competent can assume responsibility for crime while allowing Hinds to concentrate on improving his Facebook proficiency.

Rodney Charles
MP Naparima