February 15, 2021 I was wondering how many more candlelight vigils that seemed to be a genuine groundswell of public opinion on violent crimes against women would be staged in the name of abduction and murder victim Andrea Bharatt before two-by-two politicians sought to hijack what they would see as a mass movement they could ride for narrow self-interests, from photo-opportunities and media coverage to the prospect of political power. One answer came last week Monday night at the opposition United National Congress weekly meeting. The party’s heir-persistent, Roodal Moonilal, called on the scores of communities that staged the vigils, which seemed to be non-partisan, to abandon any quest they had for limited goals such as justice for loved ones lost to violent crimes, and instead use their collective strength to help him push the ruling People’s National Movement ‘over the precipice’. Waxing warm, Moonilal said he had no doubt that the PNM would be booted out of office well before the end of their term. He stopped barely short of inviting his audience to stage a Trump-like insurrection when he inserted ‘by any constitutional means’.