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Trinidad and Tobago became an independent country in 1962 and a republic in 1976, in which the people, through their representatives, were supposed to control their affairs. Such a political arrangement sounded enticing since it promised to place the country’s destiny in the hands of people they knew, rather than foreigners (white) whom they did not know. Over the years, citizens’ rule morphed into a Cabinet culture controlled by one or two persons, who demand: “No damn dog bark.” When one minister tendered his resignation to protest this one-manism, he was removed immedia...

JCC fact-checks Faris on procurement law Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi President of the Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry Fazir Khan fact-checked the Attorney General and called for further clarification of aspects of the new procurement legislation in a release sent to the media on Wedensday. The release was sent days after a press conference at the Attorney General’s office on St Vincent Street, Port of Spain where the AG explained parts of the legislation and called for public bodies to speak “facts,” as well as calling on media houses to do fact-checking when...

The Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry (JCC) has called on Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi to advise on specifically what is missing from the draft regulations so that the public can get a sense that the Government is actually aggressively pursuing operationalisation of the Office of Procurement Regulator (OPR). JCC president Fazir Khan stated in a news release yesterday that civil society groups do not have a cadre of lawyers at their disposal, like the AG or the Finance Ministry, and would therefore welcome full disclosure at this time from the offices and officers who ...

AG on UNC threat of no parliamentary support: What’s new? Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi AYANNA KINSALE RESPONDING to threats on Sunday from the Opposition to not support any government until the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act is returned to its original form, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi simply shrugged and asked, “What’s new?” “Senator (Wade) Mark’s track record will show that he says no to everything and has not supported the laws brought forward by the Government,” Al-Rawi said at a news conference on Monday. He said it was par for the course for t...

Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi went on the offensive yesterday as he responded to critics of the Government’s handling of the Public Procurement Amendment Bill as well as to a call from the Opposition United National Congress to withdraw the recent amendments. Speaking at a news conference at his Port of Spain office, the Attorney General also poured cold water over the Opposition’s threat to not support any legislation if the Government does not bring back the original Public Procurement Act. The Attorney General said: “What’s new? Senator Mark’s track record would d...