Fixin T&T: The Gov’t has collapsed; call elections after Carnival

The following are letters sent on Tuesday February 3 by civic group, Fixin’ T&T, to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams:

The Honourable Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC,

Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,

13 – 15 St. Clair Avenue,


St. Clair.

Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. (Courtesy Caricom.com)
Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
(Courtesy Caricom.com)

Dear Mrs Persad-Bissessar,

We write to insist that a date for general elections be announced on or before Friday February 20, 2015 and our Parliament be dissolved.  It is the view of many citizens that our Government has collapsed under your leadership.  The People’s Partnership has, for quite some time, lost the moral authority to govern THE PEOPLE of Trinidad & Tobago.

The latest of the scandals that plagues your administration has brought the Office of the Attorney General and the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago into unprecedented disrepute.  We have written to Ag CoP Stephen Williams to request that criminal investigations into allegations of attempts to pervert the course of justice be expanded to include members of your Cabinet.  A copy of that letter is attached for your perusal.

We look forward to you ‘doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do’ and expect your announcement of the date for general elections to be made no later than February 20, 2015.

Sincerely,

Kirk Waithe

Cc: Media

Photo: Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC.
Photo: Attorney General Anand Ramlogan SC.

Mr Stephen Williams,

Ag Commissioner of Police,

Police Administration Building,

Corner Sackville and Edward Streets,

Port of Spain.

 

Dear Mr. Williams,

We write to formally and respectfully request that the criminal investigation into allegations of attempting to pervert the course of justice be expanded (in addition to Mr. Anand Ramlogan SC) to include:

  • Minister of Trade, Industry, Investments and Communications Vasant Bharath
  • Mr. Ernie Ross of Ross Advertising
  • Any and all other members of Cabinet alleged to have attempted to influence Mr. Gary Griffith to reconsider his intentions/actions

Public statements by Mr. Griffith over the past forty eight hours along with a text message he alleges was sent to him from Minister Bharath cause us tremendous anxiety.

We look forward to your urgent consideration of our request.

Sincerely,

Kirk Waithe

Cc:

  • The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC – Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
  • Mr. Roger Gaspard SC – Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Media
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93 comments

  1. so ok if an election is called Monday…would all the problems disappear? Will the price of oil go to US$100 Will we recover billions of dollars lost from the mess Calder Hart did?
    why Fixin TnT doe try and fight a seat in elections?

  2. The day after Ash Wednesday more people to bussss the public purse Buss’s the Tape call it now it toooo horrible all has fallennnnn help us somebody alyuh where is Sat M

  3. keep underestimating her…she thrives on it, thats why she is where she is and you are where you are.

  4. Whether she call election now or later this dog and pony show is going to come to and end and not in their favor

  5. fixin wat. never fix they own wife business muchless somebody else’s.

  6. I woulda buy that without no sale John Gill if I didn’t see PNM page asking people to vote in polls.

  7. penny has to find a party may be ILP

  8. has she lost any support of her elected mps? crazy to call elections

  9. Savitri; tonight’s CCN TV6 People Meter question results
    Are you satisfied with the PNM’s choice for Arima?
    YES = 65%
    NO = 35%

  10. We need a breath of fresh air from the animal farm…..arrogance, deceit,nepotism covered by a blanket of pitch on the road.

  11. kirk waithe and fixin tnt is de same person…ent?

    either of him make ah statement on calabar yet?

  12. True ting Savitri. Rowley and the screening committee (pretty much one and the same) really have it in for Penny. Reeks of spite. But that’s for another thread.

  13. People see in others only a reflections of themselves

  14. Somebody pls get Imbert and others opinion on this and report back

  15. All d “till a dead” suddenly cocky while Penny wins 30 out of 35 nominations and still not selected for Arima, now that is democracy

  16. Government is doing well. Should she not taken action? Way to go PM.

  17. Cancel carnival .waste ot tax dolllars
    Where was your mouth fixin tnt when manning .rowely and their 40 crooks was raping the country.now all you get voice and only want the government to go.

  18. The police probe needs to focus on the prime minister’s false claims that she did not have any knowledge of the Ag’s actions or about David West’s involvement in the matter. Unless we are in fact truly a banana republic any due diligence conducted on David West once he was short-listed to head the PCA would have unearthed the information and the PM would have been briefed about it.

  19. Call it early call it late.. they are going DOWN. Btw** The word is BALD. When you want to call someone dunce, try to not sound it..

  20. You feel she is a jackass like the last pm to call elections early.You fell that ball head dunce want to run a country with the oil price so low.Race have you all suffering.Well great

  21. These ppl are crazy I think they can’t see

  22. You only have 1 member,and you want educated people to listen to your PNM rethoric?

  23. Fixing TnT, is a PNM party group.

  24. Why should she call elections? They did nothing wrong! It’s all Rowley and PNM propaganda! Our Government did in 4 years what the PNM couldn’t do in 40! Why throw away all that progress?

  25. They don’t get tired calling for early elections? LOL.
    Does get very stale after a while and loses its sting.

  26. I’m in church on Sundays.And I ignore baseless threats and shady objectives.

  27. This thread appears to have gone well off topic…

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