Professor Ghany: PM’s Independence Day Address Successfully Raised Public Consciousness

Political scientist, Professor Hamid Ghany analyzed Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar’s independence day message.

He described it as an untraditional independence anniversary message that achieved what the Prime Minister was aiming for.

“The only way that that change in trajectory comes is by raising the level of consciousness about the things that we need to do. And the message has scertainly done that. She’s gotten the attention of a lot of people. And I think that’s exactly what she wanted. If the message had gone by like the traditional message of the past, You know, you talk all the nice flowery, lofty ideals. Stuff that has come to characterize these messages there would have been no impact.”