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- 23 December, 2024
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Political Articles by CounterPunchTT
ARE THE AUTHORITIES SLIGHTING OUR JUDGES?
Attorney General Reginald Armour rushed to Hinds’ defence, saying “it was not the intention of the minister… to impugn the integrity of the judiciary…”
CABINET PRESSURE ON 3 MINISTERS
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has turned the screws on three prominent Government Ministers.
The ministers are Fitzgerald Hinds, who leads National Security, Marvin Gonzales, head of the Public Utilities portfolio, and Rohan Sinanan, who is in charge of Works and Transport.
CHRISTINE KANGALOO has never distinguished herself professionally.
Ms. Kangaloo is an attorney with a scant body of work and little evidence of valued legal research.
Much of her prominence results from holding public office, although her most recent bid for the electorate’s favour – the Pointe-a-Pierre seat in the 2010 general election – resulted in failure.
AL RAWI IN TROUBLE?
FARIS Al Rawi, the showy politician who has represented San Fernando West since 2015, could find himself in a bitter re-election battle at the 2025 polls.
TURNCOAT TAKES A TUMBLE
MARCUS Girdharrie is probably experiencing the most wretched feeling of any local government election candidate.
THE RECALCITRANT MAJORITY
THE People’s National Movement is “not an ordinary party in the accepted narrow sense of the word,” its 1956 People’s Charter stressed.
$M ELECTION FOOD CARD GIVEAWAY
IN the run-up to the local government election, the Government spent the largest-ever sum on food cards and other social security benefits. The Ministry of
A LAZY AND BORED LEADER?
Griffith said “it sickens me” that Rowley finds the time to swing his golf club when “people are being killed three and four a day, the whole country is at the threshold of anarchy.”
SLACK FLOOD POLITICS FROM MP TIGHT PANTS
SAN Fernando West Member of Parliament Faris Al Rawi was either engaged in cheap politics or was not aware of the facts when he recently cast blame after a major flood.
DOES OWTU STILL HAVE POLITICAL CLOUT?
OILFIELDS Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), once the most militant labour body in the region, has returned to the political arena in a big way.