JACK Warner, the famous entrepreneur, Minister of Government in Trinidad & Tobago, a known tough negotiator and fighter for his beliefs, cried in parliament recently, why? Firstly, I say because he has a heart and because he is a great and magnanimous personality and he feels for his people.  The tears came pouring when he addressed parliament after an accusation that he was prejudiced against black youths, in his support of the Kamla-Bissessar government’s serious clampdown on crime.  Imagine a black man being accused of hating black people, a dignified and wonderful human being like Mr. Jack Warner.  No one would ever hate his own race, his own flesh and blood, except for principle and law.  Then his opponents should say black or Indo-police should not arrest black or Indo-criminals, as the race card could be called into play.  Definitely a ridiculous thought.
In the process, many gang members and criminals, Indians and Africans, were being arrested and placed before the courts, sentenced to prison, etc.  So The Manning opposition, which brought Trinidad and Tobago to its knees, did their political nastiness. Creating the impression that Indo drug lords were not jailed, even kidnappers and gang leaders.  The only place for any criminal, of any race, is jail, and I am one Guyanese who believe in hard labour.
We saw this kind of behaviour in Guyana when action was being taken by the police and armed forces against certain criminal nests when the opposition were calling on the criminals to rise up, even having secret meetings, and one leader saying the cause of the criminals was just because it gave headaches to the governing party.  Why do otherwise brilliant people play the race card when in opposition?  Why do they create mischief? Instead they should be working with the government of the day to deal with criminals as criminals.
Regardless of race, criminals are criminals, and they must be condignly dealt with according to law, or the worst could happen.  Lawful citizens could pool resources, financial and material, and then create underground vigilante groups.  Then law and order breaks down, and bestiality coupled with anarchy steps in, where gangs rule, as in Somalia, even in Haiti, closer to home.
I feel the pain of Mr. Jack Warner, and I applaud the actions of the Government of Trinidad; enough is enough, and the criminals need to be placed where they should be.  The current government of Guyana, if it takes power again, or any new government, will have to do possibly the same thing.  Remember in Trinidad and Tobago, they have a white man, as Police Commissioner, extremely trained and impeccably qualified.