Fellow citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, the time has come to reclaim OUR country, Citizens Alliance will guide us all through a process of rebuilding a truly democratic nation where equity claims the same priority as economic development.

Trinidad and Tobago has entered a new era in our development. After 40 years of independence we must each ask the questions. Am I independent? Can I fix my own problems? Do I make my own decisions? Can I influence the development of my own community? Of my Country? Clearly the answer is no. This is where Citizens Alliance recognises that we need New Politics.

Our New Politics embrace diversity. Our New Politics allow us to get involved through a system of governance anchored in the community. Our New Politics will provide opportunities to give us authority over our own lives. Our New Politics will create new industries, real employment opportunities and better lives especially for young people.

The Citizens Alliance will oversee returning political power to you. "Base up" politics turns the power structure around so that Citizens tell the government how to run their country. The constitution of our country says:

'…respect the principles of social justice, equity and therefore believe that the operation of economic systems should result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to sub-serve the common good, that there should be adequate means of livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to operate in inhumane conditions but that there should be opportunity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity".

We simply cannot survive under the burden of old politics. In this manifesto, Citizens Alliance identifies key concerns for us all. We arrived at these concerns through consultations with you. The focus now is to ensure that consultation remains the basis by which we govern our country.