FORMER prime minister Stuart Young says Trinidad and Tobago has important choices to make in 2026. Young, who is also Port of Spain North/St Ann's West MP, made this statement in a Facebook post on December 31.

Referring to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's recent statement about TT being a lawless dump in her defence of increased penalties for traffic offences, Young said, "One choice we need to make is that we can choose to embrace the politics of hate, malice, vindictiveness and division, the kind that’s become fashionable among those who believe they are monarchs, treating citizens like subjects to rule over."

He added, "The politics of division is easy. It requires no thought, no vision, just unbridled rage, carefully aimed and constantly fed. It turns every disagreement into conflict, every neighbour into an enemy, and every hardship into a reason to blame somebody else."