In todays Trinidad Guardian ‘Skippy’ on allegations of irregularities in ministry: It may be difficult to get documents: Social Development adviser Barrington “Skippy” Thomas (community relations and public outreach) says it may be difficult to get documents to support his recent claim of alleged irregularities in the ministry—but if necessary he would seek the information under the Freedom of Information Act. Thomas was asked yesterday about the situation after claiming at a public meeting last week there were alleged irregularities in billing by a company which assisted the Ministry for Tobago elections. He named an official of the company, alleging a $4.3 million dollar payment was sought from the ministry to provide tents, and other items though he said he didn’t want to be part of that. He claimed he’d photopcopied “every stub” the person had sent for. Thomas also attacked Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar—now in charge of the ministry—claiming she sent or endorsed the presence of protestors at his public meeting. Several protestors denied this and the PM distanced herself from the action, saying she hadn’t sent protestors. UNC general secretary Dave Tancoo said the party as well as leadership distanced itself from the situation. On UNC members’ participation, he said the party hadn’t sanctioned protests and it was private action by persons. [Click the link to read this article guardian.co.tt/news/2014-04-23/%E2%80%98skippy%E2%80%99-allegations-irregularities-ministry-it-may-be-difficult-get-documents]
Posted on: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 13:47:00 +0000
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