Moonilal: Attack Rowley now if you want to unite with UNC

OPPOSITION MP Dr Roodal Moonilal says anyone who wants to have unity with the UNC must now attack Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and the PNM.

In a release Moonilal said he has taken note of the dramatic developments in neighbouring Guyana where the coalition government of David Granger collapsed late Friday night on a motion of no confidence.

Moonilal said one lesson from the Guyana situation was that "make-shift and knee-jerk coalitions" with a single purpose objective are short-lived particularly when given razor-slim majorities.

"The purpose of just removing an incumbent regime cannot hold parties together. There must be a common set of values, principles, built -n mechanisms for ongoing dialogue and an agreed programme of change that responds to the aspirations of all the people."

He said, having noted "unity sounds" over the past week, the UNC is cautious to seek any ad hoc relations that respond to the expediency of the time but cannot hold for the longer term.

"Over the past three and a half years the UNC has led the anti-government movement almost single-handedly. As unions and other voices came under attack it was the UNC that stood tall in and out of the Parliament exposing the Rowley regime at every turn. Now that the PNM government appears to be on the way out it cannot be that we engage with persons who have not opened their mouths in three years against Rowley but parked in a corner sniping the UNC and its leaders.

He added: "All would be unity aspirants should now find the courage to attack Rowley and the PNM and not just a select few of us in the frontline. Many who did not find it convenient to identify with the struggles of the parliamentary opposition now talk about uniting to save TT. The UNC remains united with one leader, one team and one vision. National unity is a foundation principle of the UNC, all are welcomed. But there can be no room for unholy shotgun alliance making. Guyana just told us this cannot work."