NationNewsCommentaryLet's put aside politics

Let’s put aside politics

FIRST LET ME EXPRESS my condolences to the family of the six young women who died in the tragic fire in Tudor Street.

It saddens the whole country.

I must also commend Prime Minister David Thompson who asked the country to take three minutes of silence to pause and pray for the victims as a mark of respect.

In reading the Friday September 10 edition of the Weekend Nation, I felt compelled to respond to the letter written by Ms Cherise McDonald relating to former Prime Minister Owen Arthur’s request for a day of mourning for the victims.

If Ms McDonald is a Christian, as her letter seems to imply, she would put aside politics and see this as a Barbadian who realises the magnitude of this heinous crime, asking for a day of mourning for six innocent victims whose lives were taken by the acts of others.

SLYVIA BURGESS