Today, on my 76th birthday, I find it necessary and dutiful to sign on to this historic statement of Former Heads of Caricom.It is with a deep sense of loss and sadness that I reflect on the leadership provided by Trinidad and Tobago, at an earlier time, within all the fundamental principles outlined and embodied in this statement.
It was Trinidad and Tobago’s voice supported by all my colleagues when we affirmed that “ together we are stronger “. We maintained, even in the most difficult of circumstances, that “ we may be small but not insignificant and our voice and our interests should be respected.”
I am today embarrassed to accept that with our proud record of leadership and accomplishments, that today, it is Trinidad and Tobago that recklessly subscribes to the dispensing with these principles in the expectation of plenty. It is a dangerous dereliction of duty , under any circumstances, to embrace the discarded colonial mantra that might is right and that the rule of law, local or international is an inconvenience and a humbug.
Dr Keith Rowley
Trinidad and Tobago ,
Prime Minister
2015-2025
