Moore says hers is a life of service

“St. George North deserves more.”

That’s what Toni Moore, the Barbados Labour Party’s candidate for the St. George North by-election, told people who gathered at Sheffield Pasture, Lower Estate on Sunday night, as she made it clear that with her representation the constituents would get just that. With just about a month to go before the November 11, 2020 election, Moore, putting her case to the constituents, said that she comes from a background where service is nothing new to her, contending that it is ingrained in her.

“Service is something that has to be in you, it has to be diet that you are fed on and that is the diet that I’ve been fed on. I was called into service from 1990 when I gave my heart to God. The next call to service for me came in 2004... In 2004 I was sought after by the General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union, who on the recommendation of a man called Patrick Frost, saw something in me that he thought would make a difference to the workers of Barbados and the people of Barbados. I answered that call,” she stated.

She added then that in 2014 she had to answer another call, not merely to represent workers, but represent workers at the highest level in the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU), and again she answered the call.

“There have been repeated calls and not by members of any Democratic Labour Party or any other party, and I want that to be understood. There had been repeated call for me to serve at this level, calls that you have heard me say time and time again I rejected, but when a few weeks ago the opportunity came again and I understood the seriousness of it and I felt the weight of the decision I needed to make if I was going to make a greater impact on behalf of workers and the people of Barbados, it was one that I could not refuse,” she maintained.

She continued, “St. George North I have answered and I have said yes and with the will of God and with your support we will, we can, we must deliver for the workers of Barbados.”

Moore told constituents who are undecided, that as they contemplate who they will vote for, they have to be confident that they are going to place their vote not only with a Party that would make a difference for the people of Barbados, but they must be confident that they are choosing an individual who would uphold those principles.

“...As you contemplate your X, who do you think is best placed to speak for you? That has to be question that guides you, guides your thinking, guides your conversations with other people as we enter the next 30 days plus of this election. It is not enough for some person to say I am not a talker, I am a doer, because where the decisions are made in the seat of power in the Lower House, yuh don’t be doing nutten more than talking at that point,” she maintained.

Moore went on to say that those serving in the Lower and Upper Houses of Parliament are not there to make sport, but to understand the real needs of a society. This, she said, is especially important in the current COVID-19 environment, which is fraught with uncertainty. (JRT)