Youths fear victimisation in VI politics - Maduro
“Young people think the moment they open their mouths they are going to be stigmatised and they are going to be treated badly by the powers that be,” Edmund G. Maduro said on the EGM radio show last Thursday.
Maduro was at the time responding to a point made by his co-host for the evening, Mr Chesney Stoddard, who stated that people continue to ask where are the young people who are expected to adopt leadership roles in local politics.
“They are very afraid to get victimised if they ever step forward to run the country,” Stoddard noted.
Maduro expressed that this was indeed a fact and warned that young people should not be fearful of standing up for their rights. “If the young people are too coward to stand up for their rights then they will reap what they sow,” he said.
“I like the phrase save the seeds, but you cannot save the seeds if you kill the plant,” he continued.
The remarks were made against the backdrop of the recent formation of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) and whether their emergence can be counted as a force in the Virgin Islands’ political landscape.
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