00:00Well, after images emerged of the Prime Minister and the opposition leader holding hands and sharing a moment of camaraderie,
00:07Penelope Beckel says the online rhetoric which questions why they were being so friendly given their parliamentary battles needs to
00:15stop.
00:16Beckel says we must do better as a society and she and the Prime Minister must set an example for
00:22the people of TNT.
00:25We live in a society now where our young people, our students, everything is a fight and a fight and
00:30everybody quarreling.
00:31I mean, as the opposition leader and the Prime Minister, we also have to decide what is the image we
00:37want to show for the young people and the people of Trinidad and Tobago.
00:41I mean, this was the opening of the law term. You now finish your prayers.
00:44You now finish your prayers. You ask God for the law term to be decent.
00:50You want the Chief Justice and everybody, you know, in a particular mood and they want you to, don't talk
00:57to her.
00:58They want you to, you know, shrug her off. I mean, we have to be better than that as a
01:02country.
01:04Beckel says despite their disagreements, at the end of the day they are still human beings and she wonders if
01:10we've reached a point of no return.
01:14We may have disagreements. When I'm in the Parliament, I'm very passionate about my politics, about my constituency.
01:21If the Prime Minister comes across and holds your hands and speaks to you, I mean, are you saying in
01:25Trinidad and Tobago we reach the stage where, what should I have done?
01:29I mean, should I have rejected? What is it? I'm trying to understand that we have our differences, but at
01:35the end of the day, first and foremost, we are human beings.
01:38I'm trying to understand that we are human beings.
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