![]() The Frente de Todos government is at least knocking on the door of the real world even if it has yet to make an entrance.īut malicious criticism aside, the doubts are without doubt justified. There is international precedent for state workers on state property being mandated to protect themselves, such as US President Joe Biden’s mandate.īut Dr Rowley denies these measures are a mandate, and he is correct.Ĭreating safe zones is simply the exercise of state authority over properties already under its unimpeachable legal control.While yet to advance beyond the level of announcements (like the sum total of Sergio Massa’s “super-ministry” to date), the renunciation of populist utility bill freezes should be hailed, even by the social sectors upon whom the main burden now falls after having drawn the biggest benefits beforehand. These figures alone justify the Government’s move to bite the bullet.īut the rapid mushrooming of the omicron variant, the record-breaking levels of infections, and the fact that December is poised to be the deadliest month since this pandemic began in TT, suggest a collapse of the healthcare system is imminent. With prisons particularly susceptible – and already reeling from several past “clusters” of covid19 infection – it is unfathomable that only 35 per cent of prison officers are vaccinated.Īnd it is unacceptable that 75 per cent of immigration officers – who interface with thousands of airport passengers – are not themselves protected against covid19. This is a travesty given the essential nature of the duties performed by these public servants. To allow such workers to continue to endanger the welfare of the population would be scandalous.įor similar reasons, the disclosure by the PM that less than half of the country’s police officers are vaccinated is cause for grave concern, as is the fact that only 30 per cent of members of the Defence Force and 25 per cent of firefighters have taken jabs. ![]() ![]() These medical workers, manning some of the country’s biggest hospitals, interact with vulnerable patients. It is shocking that less than half of public sector workers at some of the country’s largest regional health authorities are, at this stage in the pandemic, vaccinated. That Dr Rowley has lived up to his oath to act without fear or favour has already been demonstrated by the short-sighted move by the Opposition once more to politicise the latest vaccination policy, as well as by the mobilisation of trade unions. This is more so considering the record-breaking levels of largely preventable deaths, the clear failure of repeated attempts at moral suasion, as well as the startling public sector vaccination statistics released by Government over the weekend. ![]() Not only are the measures announced Saturday by the Prime Minister necessary and proportionate, they are overdue. WE COMMEND the Government for its move to designate state workplaces – including those occupied by frontline health workers – safe zones and to ensure the terms and conditions of public employment do not sanction threats to public health and safety. Tuesday 21 December 2021 Prime Minister Dr Rowley - Sureash Cholai ![]()
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