Kamla: Watch out for govt plan to let Venezuelans vote
Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Photo by Sureash Cholai
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is asking citizens to watch “with a hawk eye” for any attempt by government to give naturalised status to Venezuelan nationals so they can vote in Trinidad and Tobago elections.
She said she is concerned that the permits allowing 16,000 Venezuelans to live and work in this country for a year have expired, amid reports they will be renewed.
“The law is very clear in the Immigration Act that the Minister of National Security does have the jurisdiction to grant a permit, which must not exceed 12 months, for a person to enter, and for those who are already here.
Dr Rowley ‘resting comfortably’ after angioplasty, set for second night in hospital
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is set for a second night at the West Shore Medical Hospital, after feeling discomfort on Friday evening. However, a release from the Office of the Prime Minister said he is ‘resting comfortably’ and that his medical procedures today went well.
“The prime minister underwent an angiogram and a subsequent angioplasty which went well,” stated the release. “In accordance with normal medical procedure, the prime minister will be kept for further observation overnight.”
Photo: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley tends to his home garden in May 2020.
It was unintentional and the Prime Minister is sorry.
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday apologised after receiving a tongue lashing over the insensitivity of a Facebook post expressing grief over the murder of Ashanti Riley and in the same breath lambasting the âimpsâ who are pushing a narrative that Trinidad authorities turned back a boatload of Venezuelans who drowned.
Both incidents were deemed to be âdouble doses of griefâ.
The post on the Office of the Prime Minister Facebook page yesterday was deleted after a flood of comments criticising its language and insensitivity.
An edited split version was then posted on Rowleyâs personal Facebook page.