Kamla Persad-Bissessar: Battered Woman or Muslim Sacrifice
People say that Kamla is enacting the battered wife to a tee. She has been sidelined for leading the UNC Alliance into the next election (and thus being Prime Minister if they win) and yet still proclaims her love for the man Basdeo Panday and proclaims her undying loyalty.
My dad says that someone so bright should be ashamed. They should take back all her degrees for that.
Well, my mom heard the reason Kamla was sidelined was to keep the muslim vote. What I mean to say is that the muslims would not vote for UNC-A because they would be voting for a female Prime Minister and they can’t have that. And this is the reason she accepted the decision…for the good of the party…etc etc.
Hmm…I don’t know if it’s true but I would have been more likely to vote for UNC-A (ha!) with Kamla leading than Basdeo (and Jack) leading. Actually, in putting aside Kamla they didn’t have to put Panday as a co-leader. They could have used somebody else. I don’t think I could ever vote for a party with Basdeo Panday as a leader.
Also, COP and Winston Dookeran might have been more willing to entertain unity talks with UNC-A or at least accommodation talks with Kamla as the leader. And then…well who would lead if they won would still be up in the air.
