El Socorro imam replaces Franklin Khan in Senate
Newly appointed government senator Imam Sheraz Ali. Photo courtesy Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago
IMAM SHERAZ ALI, head of the Nur-e-Islam mosque in El Socorro Road, San Juan, was sworn in on Tuesday as a permanent government senator to fill the vacancy left by the recent death of former energy minister the late Franklin Khan.
Senators stood for Ali s swearing-in, 45 minutes into the sitting, during which he was greeted by Opposition Senator Wade Mark and Independent Senator Paul Richards.
A brief biography of Ali appears on the website of the University of the Southern Caribbean.
Prime Minister Dr Rowley. Photo by Vidya Thurab
THE Prime Minister on Thursday slammed what he described as the ever increasing use of naked untruths by the UNC to create unrest and mislead the public.
He slammed the party, its spokesmen and social media agents for using lies as as a deliberate political strategy to disturb the national psyche, misinform the public or simply to create an issue which they can then engage on their political vines and platforms.
Rowley is still in isolation at his official residence in Tobago after being diagnosed with covid19 on April 6.
In a post on his Facebook page, he said this is the era of the “Big Lie” as a political tool, which was now a major destructive feature of North American politics, alongside the constant conspiracy theories in TT which emerge as “concerns” when lies are hatched by the UNC.
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[UPDATED] Sombre mood expected in Senate on Tuesday
Stuart Young will be the new Energy Minister while Fitzgerald Hinds is now National Security Minister.
A sombre mood will no doubt prevail in the Senate when it sits on Tuesday at 1.30 pm, after the death of its Leader of Government Business and Energy Minister Franklin Khan.
Khan, 63, who had a history of heart-related illness, died at his Maraval home early on Saturday.
When the sitting begins, tributes will be paid to Khan by Senate President Christine Kangaloo and other senators.
Khan s death means the Government is one short of its quota of 15 members in the Senate. So far there has been no word on who will be appointed to take Khan s place as a government senator.
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