Over the last few months, this country witnessed a crusade of unprecedented intensity, motivated by and linked to international abolitionist and other lobbies, seeking relief on behalf of the perpetrators of the most heinous crimes. Every legal tactic was employed to position the implementation of the court's decision as a matter of public morality, rather than a question of justice. Trinidad and Tobago was virtually put on trial by the international lobbies who intervene in such matters. It was a matter of morality, we were told, not justice. I am still trying to reconcile that proposition with logic.
Capital punishment is a matter of law.
It is the function of Government, acting on behalf of the state, and acting in the interest of the common good of the people, and by their will to enforce the law, without favour and without fear. It is the duty of society to respect the law. If you do not like the law, then change the law. But do not disregard the law. Do not disrespect the law.