Moonilal: Airport Crisis Another Example of a Clueless Government

The dreadful, hours-long delay at the Immigration Department at Piarco International Airport on Wednesday is another graphic example of the incompetence and hopelessness of the Rowley Administration.

The long wait to be processed upon arrival in the country is a further instance of a clueless government, which is presiding over a crumbling society.

While all capable administrations have created enabling environments at ports of entry, especially during this holiday period and in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown, the Rowley regime has put its gross ineptitude on full international display.

The refusal to treat with the legitimate concerns of immigration officers is similar to the government’s patent rejection of citizens’ concerns over poverty, jobs, crime, poor roads, weak public health sector and other pressing matters.

Apart from creating frustration for travellers, the lengthy lines at the airport could have posed a security risk, which the inept PNM government is clearly incapable of handling.

In addition, Wednesday’s crisis again exposed the lack of intelligence gathering by law enforcement agencies and is another critical indictment against the bumbling Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds.

The United National Congress once more urges Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to relieve Mr. Hinds of duties for which he is wholly unsuited, and also to take national governance with the seriousness and urgency that it deserves.

Until decisive and positive action is taken, Trinidad and Tobago would continue to collapse under the most inefficient and sloppy government in its history.