{"id":3247,"date":"2010-05-16T03:47:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T07:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2010-05-30T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-30T08:06:13","slug":"they-should-have-done-the-percy-%e2%80%98x%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=3247","title":{"rendered":"They should have done the Percy \u2018X\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?cat=310\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Percy Villafana doing the Percy \u2018X\u2019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blogimg\/percy2.jpg\" title=\"Percy Villafana doing the Percy \u2018X\u2019\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Percy Villafana doing the Percy \u2018X\u2019<\/figcaption><\/figure><i>By Andre Bagoo<br \/>\nSunday, May 16 2010 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/commentary\/0,120855.html\">newsday.co.tt<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p>WE ARE ALL familiar with the rough details of the incident involving 81-year-old pensioner Percy Villafana and Prime Minister Patrick Manning. But have people really analysed the significance of this incident properly?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOn March 15, Villafana was standing outside of his home at San Juan as Manning was conducting a PNM walkabout. Manning approached the pensioner and offered his hand for a handshake. The pensioner ignored him, keeping his arms crossed. \u201cYou\u2019re not welcome here,\u201d he told the Prime Minister. \u201cI want nothing to do with you.\u201d He attempted to keep Manning out of his yard. The Prime Minister ignored Villafana and walked into the yard of the house, shaking hands with children and greeting a woman in a gallery of the house.<\/p>\n<p>The Oxford English Dictionary defines a trespass as: entry to a person\u2019s land or property without their permission. The archaic form of the noun means: \u201ca sin; an offence\u201d. It should be clear, that a person has a right \u2013 Constitutional or otherwise \u2013 to the enjoyment of their private property. Such a right is a right to exclusive possession of such property, to the prejudice of others who may want to enter. If someone does not shake your hand, that is no justification for a trespass.<\/p>\n<p>It is in this context that we must view the statements of Minister in the Ministry of Planning and Development Tina Grunland-Nunez and PNM candidate for Fyzabad Joel Primus who this month both lamented the dire practice that is now sweeping the nation of emulating Villafana\u2019s \u201cX\u201d gesture.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.co.tt\/commentary\/0,120855.html\" title=\"They should have done the Percy \u2018X\u2019\">Full Article : newsday.co.tt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andre Bagoo Sunday, May 16 2010 &#8211; newsday.co.tt WE ARE ALL familiar with the rough details of the incident involving 81-year-old pensioner Percy Villafana and Prime Minister Patrick Manning. 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