Tobago Chamber: Power-sharing in THA illegal
Martin George
The Tobago Business Chamber has said any form of power-sharing between the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) and People’s National Movement (PNM) in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) will be illegal, because the law simply does not allow for such an arrangement.
On Wednesday, the the Prime Minister held a meeting with 12 elected THA assemblymen in an affort to end the six-six deadlock in the THA.
At the meeting, the PDP proposed an interim power-sharing arrangement until a solution to the impasse is arrived at.
The PDP offered to give the PNM the positions of chief secretary and presiding officer, while it will settle for deputy chief secretary along with two of the three councillors allocated to the executive. The remaining secretarial positions would be split down the middle.
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