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zoom rader wrote:De Dragon wrote:hydroep wrote:Rowley: Don’t blame Newman George for HDC/China deal collapse
Sean Douglas
NEWMAN GEORGE, Housing Development Corporation (HDC), is not to be blamed for the cancelled US$72 million contract between the HDC and China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Co Ltd (CGGC), the Prime Minister said at a briefing yesterday at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, to mark his return from a US trip.
Reporters asked about George’s naming as head of Paria Fuel Trading Company, following the failed HDC/Gezhouba deal.
“We didn’t put Newman George to run the HDC. This is not a Newman George thing,” Rowley replied. He said "many, many people" were involved in preparing this contract.
“The board of HDC is not Newman George. The management of HDC is not Newman George. We are not personalising this.”
He said the HDC was an agency which had come to a position.
Rowley said it was irrelevant and just an administrative issue if he as Prime Minister had also held the housing portfolio at the time the contract was signed.
Asked if he had confidence in George heading to Paria, Rowley said, “If I didn’t have confidence in him, I’d not allow Cabinet to appoint him there.”
Rowley said the project re-tender may not be for as much as US$72 million.
He said there is no shame over the contract cancellation.
The PM said the project was part of a debate over the powers of statutory authorities/state enterprises versus those of Cabinet, with different attorneys having different views.
“This (HDC) matter has been a fairly complex matter. Cabinet approved a framework agreement which is a non-binding, non-detailed agreement, meaning you are free to go in that direction. There are interpretations by some people as to what that means.”
“HDC proceeded to the point of a contract.”
He said by the time Cabinet discovered a problem, they gave the necessary oversight and monitoring which Cabinet cannot relinquish.
“Having done that, for many reasons including a review of its own position, Cabinet decided this should not go forward and we should start over.
“That is not anything for us to be ashamed of or to be worried about. The system has worked.” Rowley said Cabinet had not ignored queries raised.
The PM said Cabinet was unhappy with some aspects of the contract, including a conflict between the plan to sell apartments (which people may not be able to afford) and Cabinet’s desire to build rental units. He also lamented the old deal would have required the HDC to get help from several ministries and may have been too accommodating to a foreign entity.
Rowley said the project would be re-tendered and hopefully be more accommodating to local contractors and “significant local participation.”
He said some public-private partnerships were taking too long, but now they know what they are dealing with. Saying the price-tag may be less than US$72 million, he said local contractors are claiming they can build it cheaper than Gezhouba.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/09/17/rowley-dont-blame-newman-george-for-hdc-china-deal-collapse/
WTMC I really seeing here!
This waste of break about to squander 43 million dollars just on the cancellation alone and talking MCery about "the system has worked"? I always knew this moron, and his cabinet full of morons were shameless, but now even he admits it. Dummy approved a bobol contract as Housing Minister, and now trying to play saviour?
The most incompetent, shameless and corrupt admin we have ever had in T&T, is JUHN Scarfy and his thieving stink bunch. Yet his enablers like Tokesy, Red Kamla Bag, elitecorolla, Zitty, wing and one eye will try to spin even this humongous piece of utter fackery.
Redman care to explain this?
UNC pounds PM, PNM in platform picong
Richardson Dhalai
POLITICAL platforms present politicians with an opportunity to tackle national issues with a certain amount of seriousness and humour.And this was on full display at the UNC’s pavement report at the New Grant government primary school, Hindustan on Wednesday evening as opposition members launched a frontal assault on the PNM Administration using humour and dance to get supporters into a fighting mood.It started innocuously enough when Naparima MP Rodney Charles, who is known for his seriousness in Parliament said he wanted to speak about the Prime Minister’s foreign policy. “Our foreign policy simply is to cuss everybody in sight, we have a bad john prime minister. So first he cuss the US Ambassador.”
He then mimics Dr Rowley when he said, “I take umbrage to what the US ambassador said.”“That was after he cuss up the secretary general of the OAS, and now is the turn to cuss the British government all the while he dancing with he bestie (Nicolas) Maduro in a conga line.” Charles then swayed his shoulders in an imaginary conga line.
“Imagine Keith Rowley, accusing the British government of sending coded messages via the BBC to disrupt world peace in general and good Keith Rowley governance in TT in particular.” “I would not be surprised if he has not sent a letter by registered mail to her majesty stressing that if his concerns were not met he would impose trade sanctions on the UK and or leave the commonwealth.” He said the TT coast guard may also be preparing to invade the British Isles as Rowley’s behaviour suggests that he is “a big fowl.”
Then, suddenly serious, Charles said the government should instead focus on placing a trade mission in Georgetown Guyana as that country is poised to become the “energy capital of the CARICOM. But we not there, we seeing about everybody business and cussing.”
Then it was the turn of deputy political leader Jearlean John, when describing Rowley, used an impromptu reggae dance to show what the PM really thought about TT.
“Two weeks ago Rowley wining in the Hyatt, he eh care if it have no drugs in the hospital because he going hay, hay, hay… hay pock away.” John then swayed to the music, her arms flailing as she repeated, “hay, hay, hay….hay pock away.”
“He eh care if it have no teachers in the school and no doctors in the hospital, or no drugs in the hospital…. you pock away TT.” (Hey pocky away is a song performed by ‘the Meters.)
Supporters erupted with laughter as she also compared the cancelled HDC/ China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company contract as being government being caught in “In flagrante delicto” or with their pants down while unable to explain who authorised the contract.
hydroep wrote:UNC pounds PM, PNM in platform picong
Richardson Dhalai
POLITICAL platforms present politicians with an opportunity to tackle national issues with a certain amount of seriousness and humour.And this was on full display at the UNC’s pavement report at the New Grant government primary school, Hindustan on Wednesday evening as opposition members launched a frontal assault on the PNM Administration using humour and dance to get supporters into a fighting mood.It started innocuously enough when Naparima MP Rodney Charles, who is known for his seriousness in Parliament said he wanted to speak about the Prime Minister’s foreign policy. “Our foreign policy simply is to cuss everybody in sight, we have a bad john prime minister. So first he cuss the US Ambassador.”
He then mimics Dr Rowley when he said, “I take umbrage to what the US ambassador said.”“That was after he cuss up the secretary general of the OAS, and now is the turn to cuss the British government all the while he dancing with he bestie (Nicolas) Maduro in a conga line.” Charles then swayed his shoulders in an imaginary conga line.
“Imagine Keith Rowley, accusing the British government of sending coded messages via the BBC to disrupt world peace in general and good Keith Rowley governance in TT in particular.” “I would not be surprised if he has not sent a letter by registered mail to her majesty stressing that if his concerns were not met he would impose trade sanctions on the UK and or leave the commonwealth.” He said the TT coast guard may also be preparing to invade the British Isles as Rowley’s behaviour suggests that he is “a big fowl.”
Then, suddenly serious, Charles said the government should instead focus on placing a trade mission in Georgetown Guyana as that country is poised to become the “energy capital of the CARICOM. But we not there, we seeing about everybody business and cussing.”
Then it was the turn of deputy political leader Jearlean John, when describing Rowley, used an impromptu reggae dance to show what the PM really thought about TT.
“Two weeks ago Rowley wining in the Hyatt, he eh care if it have no drugs in the hospital because he going hay, hay, hay… hay pock away.” John then swayed to the music, her arms flailing as she repeated, “hay, hay, hay….hay pock away.”
“He eh care if it have no teachers in the school and no doctors in the hospital, or no drugs in the hospital…. you pock away TT.” (Hey pocky away is a song performed by ‘the Meters.)
Supporters erupted with laughter as she also compared the cancelled HDC/ China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company contract as being government being caught in “In flagrante delicto” or with their pants down while unable to explain who authorised the contract.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/09/20/unc-pounds-pm-pnm-in-platform-picong/
zoom rader wrote:hydroep wrote:UNC pounds PM, PNM in platform picong
Richardson Dhalai
POLITICAL platforms present politicians with an opportunity to tackle national issues with a certain amount of seriousness and humour.And this was on full display at the UNC’s pavement report at the New Grant government primary school, Hindustan on Wednesday evening as opposition members launched a frontal assault on the PNM Administration using humour and dance to get supporters into a fighting mood.It started innocuously enough when Naparima MP Rodney Charles, who is known for his seriousness in Parliament said he wanted to speak about the Prime Minister’s foreign policy. “Our foreign policy simply is to cuss everybody in sight, we have a bad john prime minister. So first he cuss the US Ambassador.”
He then mimics Dr Rowley when he said, “I take umbrage to what the US ambassador said.”“That was after he cuss up the secretary general of the OAS, and now is the turn to cuss the British government all the while he dancing with he bestie (Nicolas) Maduro in a conga line.” Charles then swayed his shoulders in an imaginary conga line.
“Imagine Keith Rowley, accusing the British government of sending coded messages via the BBC to disrupt world peace in general and good Keith Rowley governance in TT in particular.” “I would not be surprised if he has not sent a letter by registered mail to her majesty stressing that if his concerns were not met he would impose trade sanctions on the UK and or leave the commonwealth.” He said the TT coast guard may also be preparing to invade the British Isles as Rowley’s behaviour suggests that he is “a big fowl.”
Then, suddenly serious, Charles said the government should instead focus on placing a trade mission in Georgetown Guyana as that country is poised to become the “energy capital of the CARICOM. But we not there, we seeing about everybody business and cussing.”
Then it was the turn of deputy political leader Jearlean John, when describing Rowley, used an impromptu reggae dance to show what the PM really thought about TT.
“Two weeks ago Rowley wining in the Hyatt, he eh care if it have no drugs in the hospital because he going hay, hay, hay… hay pock away.” John then swayed to the music, her arms flailing as she repeated, “hay, hay, hay….hay pock away.”
“He eh care if it have no teachers in the school and no doctors in the hospital, or no drugs in the hospital…. you pock away TT.” (Hey pocky away is a song performed by ‘the Meters.)
Supporters erupted with laughter as she also compared the cancelled HDC/ China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company contract as being government being caught in “In flagrante delicto” or with their pants down while unable to explain who authorised the contract.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/09/20/unc-pounds-pm-pnm-in-platform-picong/
PNM people don't like the term " Hindustan "
De Dragon wrote:Compulsory acquisition and rename in progress.
D Diesel Report wrote:zoom rader wrote:hydroep wrote:UNC pounds PM, PNM in platform picong
Richardson Dhalai
POLITICAL platforms present politicians with an opportunity to tackle national issues with a certain amount of seriousness and humour.And this was on full display at the UNC’s pavement report at the New Grant government primary school, Hindustan on Wednesday evening as opposition members launched a frontal assault on the PNM Administration using humour and dance to get supporters into a fighting mood.It started innocuously enough when Naparima MP Rodney Charles, who is known for his seriousness in Parliament said he wanted to speak about the Prime Minister’s foreign policy. “Our foreign policy simply is to cuss everybody in sight, we have a bad john prime minister. So first he cuss the US Ambassador.”
He then mimics Dr Rowley when he said, “I take umbrage to what the US ambassador said.”“That was after he cuss up the secretary general of the OAS, and now is the turn to cuss the British government all the while he dancing with he bestie (Nicolas) Maduro in a conga line.” Charles then swayed his shoulders in an imaginary conga line.
“Imagine Keith Rowley, accusing the British government of sending coded messages via the BBC to disrupt world peace in general and good Keith Rowley governance in TT in particular.” “I would not be surprised if he has not sent a letter by registered mail to her majesty stressing that if his concerns were not met he would impose trade sanctions on the UK and or leave the commonwealth.” He said the TT coast guard may also be preparing to invade the British Isles as Rowley’s behaviour suggests that he is “a big fowl.”
Then, suddenly serious, Charles said the government should instead focus on placing a trade mission in Georgetown Guyana as that country is poised to become the “energy capital of the CARICOM. But we not there, we seeing about everybody business and cussing.”
Then it was the turn of deputy political leader Jearlean John, when describing Rowley, used an impromptu reggae dance to show what the PM really thought about TT.
“Two weeks ago Rowley wining in the Hyatt, he eh care if it have no drugs in the hospital because he going hay, hay, hay… hay pock away.” John then swayed to the music, her arms flailing as she repeated, “hay, hay, hay….hay pock away.”
“He eh care if it have no teachers in the school and no doctors in the hospital, or no drugs in the hospital…. you pock away TT.” (Hey pocky away is a song performed by ‘the Meters.)
Supporters erupted with laughter as she also compared the cancelled HDC/ China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company contract as being government being caught in “In flagrante delicto” or with their pants down while unable to explain who authorised the contract.
https://newsday.co.tt/2019/09/20/unc-pounds-pm-pnm-in-platform-picong/
PNM people don't like the term " Hindustan "
Correction. Dey doh like the term 'Hindu'. Also based on Julia Davis ugly rant, dey doh like the term 'Indian' either.
All dat doh count.The_Honourable wrote:PNM has nothing to show after 4 years in office
Having completed the 4th of their five-year mandate and spending in excess of TT$250 Billion, the Keith Rowley-led PNM administration has absolutely nothing to show as an achievement or progress.
It has been four years of crisis after crisis.
After four years, the Judiciary is in crisis.
After four years, over 55, 000 workers have become unemployed.
After four years, crime is spiralling out-of-control.
After four years, citizens are crying out for leadership of good governance in most important areas of economic management (regarding reduced revenues), social issues, health care services and delivery, education and infrastructure development,
After four years, every day is getting worse because of the policy of denial by an inept and arrogant Rowley administration, which has been very eloquent in demonstrating a continued political litany of mismanagement, corruption, incompetence, cronyism and nepotism and have literally destroyed the country in four years.
Their most visible fourth year “achievement,” was renaming the Couva Children’s Hospital, built and completed in 2015 by the Persad Bissessar-led administration, to Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility. The PNM’s political spite and vendetta against the UNC was so evident in their refusal to open this medical institution for four years while they denied ALL citizens beds, access to state-of-the-art equipment and specialist medical care and attention. Only the private security firm on the premises profited over these past 4 years!
During last Monday’s sitting of the House of Representatives, Rowley made some damning statements about a conversation which he alleges Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar had with MP and then PNM’s Deputy Political Leader and Minister of Public Administration Marlene McDonald. McDonald was recently charged with several offences of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Government and misbehaviour in office.
It was reminiscent of Emailgate. In May 2013, then Opposition Leader Rowley went into Parliament and read what he knew or ought to have known were fake and bogus emails in which he attempted to malign then PM Persad-Bissessar and some of her Cabinet Ministers of conspiracy to commit murder and interfere in the judiciary.
What really brought this on?
In the days prior to his making these wild and reckless accusations against Persad-Bissessar, his Administration had been under intense scrutiny regarding their governance and the country’s state of affairs.
So, Keith Rowley again decided that he needed to change the national conversation with another distraction like Emailgate and in true PNM-style, was able to manipulate the political conversation.
His Finance Minister Colm Imbert was being implicated in an alleged scandal involving his Family’s ownership of Allora Apartment Complex in Woodbrook.
The Cabinet had just announced the cancellation of a TT$? Billion contract to a Chinese construction company, CGGC by the Housing Development Corporation (when Rowley himself was Housing Minister), a decision Rowley said was based on “certain discrepancies(?)” which did not meet Cabinet’s acceptance and approval.
The Cabinet had suddenly decided to fire the Boards of Trinidad Petroleum Holdings, Heritage Petroleum, Paria Fuel Trading and Guaracara Refining Company. Rowley’s decision which sparked a national uproar was the appointment of his personal Attorney Michael Quamina to chair two of the Boards and his golfing partner Newman George to chair the other two.
And the national community had begun to clamour for the Government to repeal the outdated Sedition Act which Rowley was being adamant that it must be retained “to keep peace among groups in T&T.”
In one week, the Government was again mired in political quicksand. With the aid of some of his allies in the media, he used the allegations of his totally discredited DPL McDonald and made a non-issue, a small flicker, a blazing inferno.
It is impossible to believe that Rowley, Al-Rawi, Robinson-Regis and McDonald have been able to push the entire McDonald story aside and instead, create a distraction about what the Opposition Leader said or didn’t say.
Have we forgotten that AG Al-Rawi was Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (it was based in his office until a few months ago) and SHOULD have been involved in the investigation into Marlene McDonald? It should have been one of the files he handed over. It is also noteworthy that he is reported to have said that MONTHS ago, McDonald asked him about the investigation.
But the PNM was been able to manipulate the national conversation and so far, has been able to change the conversation away from McDonald and onto the Opposition Leader, sidestepping the fact that a sitting Cabinet Minister and DPL has been charged with several serious criminal offences.
Rowley, the incompetent AG Al-Rawi, the less-than-credible Gov’t House Leader Camille Robinson-Regis and McDonald herself have demonstrated just how easily it is to change the national conversation!
Rowley must be realising that many citizens, including many from his Party, have lost confidence in his leadership, despite what PNM’s pollster Nigel Henry is telling him.
One year before demitting office, Keith Rowley and the PNM must understand that this is 2019, not 1956 and distractions are no longer a substitute for integrity and accountability.
Capil Bissoon
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/opinion/pnm-h ... a2d3d5d6fb
zoom rader wrote:All dat doh count.The_Honourable wrote:PNM has nothing to show after 4 years in office
Having completed the 4th of their five-year mandate and spending in excess of TT$250 Billion, the Keith Rowley-led PNM administration has absolutely nothing to show as an achievement or progress.
It has been four years of crisis after crisis.
After four years, the Judiciary is in crisis.
After four years, over 55, 000 workers have become unemployed.
After four years, crime is spiralling out-of-control.
After four years, citizens are crying out for leadership of good governance in most important areas of economic management (regarding reduced revenues), social issues, health care services and delivery, education and infrastructure development,
After four years, every day is getting worse because of the policy of denial by an inept and arrogant Rowley administration, which has been very eloquent in demonstrating a continued political litany of mismanagement, corruption, incompetence, cronyism and nepotism and have literally destroyed the country in four years.
Their most visible fourth year “achievement,” was renaming the Couva Children’s Hospital, built and completed in 2015 by the Persad Bissessar-led administration, to Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility. The PNM’s political spite and vendetta against the UNC was so evident in their refusal to open this medical institution for four years while they denied ALL citizens beds, access to state-of-the-art equipment and specialist medical care and attention. Only the private security firm on the premises profited over these past 4 years!
During last Monday’s sitting of the House of Representatives, Rowley made some damning statements about a conversation which he alleges Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar had with MP and then PNM’s Deputy Political Leader and Minister of Public Administration Marlene McDonald. McDonald was recently charged with several offences of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Government and misbehaviour in office.
It was reminiscent of Emailgate. In May 2013, then Opposition Leader Rowley went into Parliament and read what he knew or ought to have known were fake and bogus emails in which he attempted to malign then PM Persad-Bissessar and some of her Cabinet Ministers of conspiracy to commit murder and interfere in the judiciary.
What really brought this on?
In the days prior to his making these wild and reckless accusations against Persad-Bissessar, his Administration had been under intense scrutiny regarding their governance and the country’s state of affairs.
So, Keith Rowley again decided that he needed to change the national conversation with another distraction like Emailgate and in true PNM-style, was able to manipulate the political conversation.
His Finance Minister Colm Imbert was being implicated in an alleged scandal involving his Family’s ownership of Allora Apartment Complex in Woodbrook.
The Cabinet had just announced the cancellation of a TT$? Billion contract to a Chinese construction company, CGGC by the Housing Development Corporation (when Rowley himself was Housing Minister), a decision Rowley said was based on “certain discrepancies(?)” which did not meet Cabinet’s acceptance and approval.
The Cabinet had suddenly decided to fire the Boards of Trinidad Petroleum Holdings, Heritage Petroleum, Paria Fuel Trading and Guaracara Refining Company. Rowley’s decision which sparked a national uproar was the appointment of his personal Attorney Michael Quamina to chair two of the Boards and his golfing partner Newman George to chair the other two.
And the national community had begun to clamour for the Government to repeal the outdated Sedition Act which Rowley was being adamant that it must be retained “to keep peace among groups in T&T.”
In one week, the Government was again mired in political quicksand. With the aid of some of his allies in the media, he used the allegations of his totally discredited DPL McDonald and made a non-issue, a small flicker, a blazing inferno.
It is impossible to believe that Rowley, Al-Rawi, Robinson-Regis and McDonald have been able to push the entire McDonald story aside and instead, create a distraction about what the Opposition Leader said or didn’t say.
Have we forgotten that AG Al-Rawi was Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (it was based in his office until a few months ago) and SHOULD have been involved in the investigation into Marlene McDonald? It should have been one of the files he handed over. It is also noteworthy that he is reported to have said that MONTHS ago, McDonald asked him about the investigation.
But the PNM was been able to manipulate the national conversation and so far, has been able to change the conversation away from McDonald and onto the Opposition Leader, sidestepping the fact that a sitting Cabinet Minister and DPL has been charged with several serious criminal offences.
Rowley, the incompetent AG Al-Rawi, the less-than-credible Gov’t House Leader Camille Robinson-Regis and McDonald herself have demonstrated just how easily it is to change the national conversation!
Rowley must be realising that many citizens, including many from his Party, have lost confidence in his leadership, despite what PNM’s pollster Nigel Henry is telling him.
One year before demitting office, Keith Rowley and the PNM must understand that this is 2019, not 1956 and distractions are no longer a substitute for integrity and accountability.
Capil Bissoon
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/opinion/pnm-h ... a2d3d5d6fb
The man say hes was told hes too black tobe the PNM prime Minster and that is what his people voted for.
Bro I hear you and I voting for Rowlee cause people say he too black tobe the PNM prime minister.randolphinshan wrote:zoom rader wrote:All dat doh count.The_Honourable wrote:PNM has nothing to show after 4 years in office
Having completed the 4th of their five-year mandate and spending in excess of TT$250 Billion, the Keith Rowley-led PNM administration has absolutely nothing to show as an achievement or progress.
It has been four years of crisis after crisis.
After four years, the Judiciary is in crisis.
After four years, over 55, 000 workers have become unemployed.
After four years, crime is spiralling out-of-control.
After four years, citizens are crying out for leadership of good governance in most important areas of economic management (regarding reduced revenues), social issues, health care services and delivery, education and infrastructure development,
After four years, every day is getting worse because of the policy of denial by an inept and arrogant Rowley administration, which has been very eloquent in demonstrating a continued political litany of mismanagement, corruption, incompetence, cronyism and nepotism and have literally destroyed the country in four years.
Their most visible fourth year “achievement,” was renaming the Couva Children’s Hospital, built and completed in 2015 by the Persad Bissessar-led administration, to Couva Hospital and Multi-Training Facility. The PNM’s political spite and vendetta against the UNC was so evident in their refusal to open this medical institution for four years while they denied ALL citizens beds, access to state-of-the-art equipment and specialist medical care and attention. Only the private security firm on the premises profited over these past 4 years!
During last Monday’s sitting of the House of Representatives, Rowley made some damning statements about a conversation which he alleges Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar had with MP and then PNM’s Deputy Political Leader and Minister of Public Administration Marlene McDonald. McDonald was recently charged with several offences of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Government and misbehaviour in office.
It was reminiscent of Emailgate. In May 2013, then Opposition Leader Rowley went into Parliament and read what he knew or ought to have known were fake and bogus emails in which he attempted to malign then PM Persad-Bissessar and some of her Cabinet Ministers of conspiracy to commit murder and interfere in the judiciary.
What really brought this on?
In the days prior to his making these wild and reckless accusations against Persad-Bissessar, his Administration had been under intense scrutiny regarding their governance and the country’s state of affairs.
So, Keith Rowley again decided that he needed to change the national conversation with another distraction like Emailgate and in true PNM-style, was able to manipulate the political conversation.
His Finance Minister Colm Imbert was being implicated in an alleged scandal involving his Family’s ownership of Allora Apartment Complex in Woodbrook.
The Cabinet had just announced the cancellation of a TT$? Billion contract to a Chinese construction company, CGGC by the Housing Development Corporation (when Rowley himself was Housing Minister), a decision Rowley said was based on “certain discrepancies(?)” which did not meet Cabinet’s acceptance and approval.
The Cabinet had suddenly decided to fire the Boards of Trinidad Petroleum Holdings, Heritage Petroleum, Paria Fuel Trading and Guaracara Refining Company. Rowley’s decision which sparked a national uproar was the appointment of his personal Attorney Michael Quamina to chair two of the Boards and his golfing partner Newman George to chair the other two.
And the national community had begun to clamour for the Government to repeal the outdated Sedition Act which Rowley was being adamant that it must be retained “to keep peace among groups in T&T.”
In one week, the Government was again mired in political quicksand. With the aid of some of his allies in the media, he used the allegations of his totally discredited DPL McDonald and made a non-issue, a small flicker, a blazing inferno.
It is impossible to believe that Rowley, Al-Rawi, Robinson-Regis and McDonald have been able to push the entire McDonald story aside and instead, create a distraction about what the Opposition Leader said or didn’t say.
Have we forgotten that AG Al-Rawi was Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (it was based in his office until a few months ago) and SHOULD have been involved in the investigation into Marlene McDonald? It should have been one of the files he handed over. It is also noteworthy that he is reported to have said that MONTHS ago, McDonald asked him about the investigation.
But the PNM was been able to manipulate the national conversation and so far, has been able to change the conversation away from McDonald and onto the Opposition Leader, sidestepping the fact that a sitting Cabinet Minister and DPL has been charged with several serious criminal offences.
Rowley, the incompetent AG Al-Rawi, the less-than-credible Gov’t House Leader Camille Robinson-Regis and McDonald herself have demonstrated just how easily it is to change the national conversation!
Rowley must be realising that many citizens, including many from his Party, have lost confidence in his leadership, despite what PNM’s pollster Nigel Henry is telling him.
One year before demitting office, Keith Rowley and the PNM must understand that this is 2019, not 1956 and distractions are no longer a substitute for integrity and accountability.
Capil Bissoon
Source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/opinion/pnm-h ... a2d3d5d6fb
The man say hes was told hes too black tobe the PNM prime Minster and that is what his people voted for.
He right. Capil Bissoon talking about integrity and accountability, surely we cannot get that from the UNC, whose own leader will shortly be arrested for her involvement and wrongdoing in Marlene’s case
BBC is no match for PNMrspann wrote:Capil talking sheit. He say nothing to show after four years. So he ent see Whitehall finish , new sign for couva hospital, Allora housing developing apartments, fairies get he building rent out, we get boat, Kay Donna was paid for, PM house in Tobago almost done, Venes get registered Bahamas get aid and BBC get manners?
Randol is or has the DPP on speed dial? Nah TTEC giving him low voltage in South, so no speed dialeliteauto wrote:Kamla getting arrested soon?
randolphinshan wrote:
He right. Capil Bissoon talking about integrity and accountability, surely we cannot get that from the UNC, whose own leader will shortly be arrested for her involvement and wrongdoing in Marlene’s case
Hoss Marlene came and went and as you see the PNM public just dont care.matr1x wrote:If Marlene was indeed guilty, then scarfy knew.
It's time to dig up some files. The old witch who dead the other day. She and her family profiteer during pnm heyday. I hope she suffered before the end
Dey go bawl "daz racist" if you hit them with truth n facts. Such is stupid social media these days and the butthurt pansies.matr1x wrote:Think of this....the majority of pnm supporters also live and are from hot crime spots. Tells you something about the leadership
INHUMAN wrote:Dey go bawl "daz racist" if you hit them with truth n facts. Such is stupid social media these days and the butthurt pansies.matr1x wrote:Think of this....the majority of pnm supporters also live and are from hot crime spots. Tells you something about the leadership
sMASH wrote:'Responsibility' is the only thing a pnm wouldn't take. But every thing else...
