PNM sticks with 15-seat proposal to resolve THA deadlock
PNM Tobago Council political leader Tracey Davidson-Celestine at a recent press conference in Tobago. - Jeff Mayers
THE draft proposal to end the impasse of the deadlock of the Tobago House of Assembly will see an amendment to create 15 seats.
Speaking at the PNM’s General Council meeting at the Government Campus on Saturday, Tobago Council leader Tracy Davidson-Celestine said after years of consultations it was agreed to change the 12 seats to 15 and Tobago had been seeking to have this done for some time. Old people will tell you if you do the same thing over and over and expect different outcome, that is a recipe for madness. This situation tells us we need to make changes if we want to move away from a deadlock from a two-party electoral process in Tobago.
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Dr Winford James
Two political analysts are now questioning the amendments proposed by the Government to fix the protracted deadlock in Tobago.
Political analyst Dr Winford James is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to be clearer on the proposed amendments to the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Act.
Rowley, at a media conference yesterday said that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is currently drafting two amendments to the THA Act which is expected to be brought before Cabinet for approval before being taken to Parliament for debate in the next few weeks.
The two drafts include proposing a single person to break any deadlock and the second would seek to increase the Tobago seats from 12 to either 13, 15, or 19.
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar speaks during the debate on a motion of no confidence against National Security Minister Stuart Young in Parliament yesterday.
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said that she was “very disturbed” by the statements made by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the six-six deadlock in Tobago.
At a media conference earlier, Rowley said that Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi was drafting two amendments to the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Act to resolve the protracted deadlock.
One amendment would give authority to one person to break deadlocks while the second amendment increases the Tobago seats from the existing 12 to 13, 15, or 19.
Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC MP. (Image courtesy Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago)
Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC MP, has slammed the Rowley Administration for what she says is its continued inability to fix issues in the national security and criminal justice systems.
According to the Opposition Leader, this failure continues to put the lives at citizens in this country at serious risk, even as the Government tries to “politicise the issue of crime-fighting”.
Mrs Persad-Bissessar launched the salvos in a sternly worded statement, issued this morning.
The full text of the statement follows…