UNC Women’s Arm: Bharath trying to justify abuse of women

The UNC’s Women’s Arm says that Vasant Bharath is trying to justify the verbal and physical attack on UNC women by a group of abusive men. In a press release issued this afternoon, the women’s arm stated that “Mr Bharath frequently uses obscene language and verbally abuses persons who disagree with him on his social media page. We have always ignored him but in this instance, we cannot ignore his defence of these abusers.”

The following is a press release from the UNC’s Women’s Arm:

Today, Vasant Bharath, clearly obsessed by hatred towards the Leader of the Opposition, sought to justify the verbal and physical attack on UNC women by a group of abusive men. Mr Bharath chose to condemn UNC women by launching a defence of the abusive men who verbally and physically assaulted young girls and women at a UNC women’s arm protest. He also attacked our leader Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar because she stood in defence of UNC women.

He is quoted as saying “In her desperation, she has now resorted to abusing fellow UNC activists by calling them ‘hooligans, stalkers, lochos and lowlifes’ … simply because they were engaged in peaceful protest for their Caroni lands.”

From the many video clips of the event, it can clearly be seen that the UNC women at the march were stalked and ambushed verbally and physically. Yet Vasant Bharath chooses to ignore the evidence and deems the violence committed by these abusive men as “peaceful protest”. What kind of a demented and disturbed man would seek to excuse verbal and physical violence committed against women?

Mr Bharath frequently uses obscene language and verbally abuses persons who disagree with him on his social media page. We have always ignored him but in this instance, we cannot ignore his defence of these abusers.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar has stood in defence of young girls and women in our country for her entire adult life. She has vehemently opposed and fought against the oppression of girls and women that was perpetuated through the caste and class systems.

We remind Vasant Bharath of the words of our leader:

There will be no caste system in the UNC as long as I am your leader. There will be no class system in the UNC as long as I am your leader. There will be no family dynasties in the UNC as long as I am your leader. There will be no discrimination in the UNC as long as I am your leader. There will be no segregation in the UNC.”

The members of the UNC women’s arm wish to make it clear that we WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY ABUSE. If Mr Bharath chooses to live within the archaic systems of class and caste, which oppressed women, then that is his personal choice.

His defence of these hooligans, stalkers and abusers show he is unfit to hold any public office. If it was his female relatives on the receiving end of the verbal and physical assault, he may have seen these abusers in a different light.

But, to Vasant Bharath and many others who have been rejected by the UNC membership, UNC rank and file members are viewed as children of a lesser god.

The women of the UNC choose to live in the systems of equality, equity and meritocracy that are promoted by our leader Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar. We will not be silenced.

WE ARE UNC WOMEN AND WE ARE PROUD!

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