Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj - FORMER attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj has said he regrets his recent comments on issues surrounding the six-six Tobago House of Assembly (THA) deadlock, as it gave the impression he was blaming the PNM. Last week, Maharaj was quoted in the Guardian as saying the deadlock between the PNM and the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) in the THA election could have been dealt with easily, had the PNM not opposed to granting autonomy to Tobago in 1996. He was referring to a parliamentary debate on the THA Act. He had said, “It was a different piece of legislation, but the PNM, at that time, said they were not supporting full internal self-government but within the Republic of TT.”