The call for a na­tion­wide shut­down on Fri­day con­tin­ues and ac­cord­ing to so­cial ac­tivist and or­gan­is­er Alyssa Phillip, it is an op­por­tu­ni­ty for cit­i­zens to let their voic­es be heard in a peace­ful man­ner.

In­di­cat­ing this was the 18th such in­stal­ment in the 19 Bul­lets, 19 Protests Cam­paign, which was launched as she de­mand­ed jus­tice for Joshua Sama­roo and Ka­ia Sealy, Phillip ad­vised, “This is a call for the na­tion of T&T to stay home from work, to close down busi­ness places and to re­al­ly show what grieves you the most with­in our coun­try.”

Dis­tanc­ing her­self from claims that the jus­tice call had tak­en on a po­lit­i­cal face and that her ire was be­ing di­rect­ed at politi­cians, in­clud­ing Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad Bisses­sar, Phillip de­nied this.