A Church on the Hill

I don't know what to say about the PM's statement in Parliament concerning the Church. What madness really going on in this place? The PM went into the history of all that previous governments did, about rebuilding the temple in the sea, and etc.
But as far as I am aware the temple in the sea was an open issue, it was not suddenly discovered that this is being done. And herein lies our problem in this place. The PM indicated that no one said anything about that project, but are up in arms about the church. Some people just don't get it. But then again, like Panday's monkey statement, the PMs raising these issues are well designed to again play on the emotions of the blind loyalists.

The issue here is not about if the state should or should not assist church, temple, mosque etc. This in fact should be applauded. The issue is the manner in which it was done, and in this instance, something does not seem to be above board. The PM began his statement by referring to the constitution and quoted in part;

Whereas the People of Trinidad and Tobago

a. have affirmed that the Nation of Trinidad and Tobago is founded upon principles that acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in fundamental human rights and freedoms, the position of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator;

d. recognise that men and institutions remain free only when freedom is founded upon respect for moral and spiritual values and the rule of law;
but he seem to have no idea that between those two clauses there are two others;

b. respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions by that there should be an opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity;
c. have asserted their belief in a democratic society in which all persons may, to the extent of their capacity, play some part in the institutions of the national life and thus develop and maintain due respect for lawfully constituted authority;
and yet another
e. desire that their Constitution should enshrine the above mentioned principles and beliefs and make provision for ensuring the protection in Trinidad and Tobago of fundamental human rights and freedoms;

These seem to elude the PM or he has decided to purposely leave them out because it would be in line with the modus operandi of the PNM that is to simply ignore the plight of the citizens in terms of crime for example.

But back to the church on the hill, nothing has been said on how this church is being funded, we know that it is state land, and I have no issue with that. Why is Shanghai being used on this (private) project? Wasn't Shanghai brought here under a government to government arrangement, this puts to rest that the government has no input in this matter. What about the approvals for this project, the TPRC is blowing wind about a threat to shut down this project, we all know that that is just BULL, this was put out there and would be "fixed" by the state.
I can't wait for the next best thing to blog/blag about, for as per all others before it, this issue has but a short shelf life, and by the way, it seems as if the mortality rate of this and similar issues is increasing, or maybe it is that they come up so often that we eh even gettin time to shit in peace.