{"id":9394,"date":"2016-03-11T05:46:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2016-03-11T05:46:29","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T09:46:29","slug":"pm-reviewing-camille-marlene-matters-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.trinidadandtobagonews.com\/blog\/?p=9394","title":{"rendered":"PM reviewing Camille, Marlene matters\u2014AG"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Richard Lord
\nMarch 11, 2016 – guardian.co.tt<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n

Prie Minister Dr Keith Rowley<\/a>Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is reviewing the future of Cabinet Ministers Marlene McDonald and Camille Robinson-Regis and will act decisively at the appropriate time. So said Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi during an interview with reporters after yesterday\u2019s post-Cabinet news conference at the Office of the Prime Minister, St Clair.
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\nHousing and Urban Development Minister McDonald and Planning and Development Minister Robinson-Regis have been the subject of much criticism for their roles in two incidents. Robinson-Regis is being questioned over the deposit of more than $93,000 in a First Citizens bank account and McDonald is being probed for her role in the acquisition of an HDC apartment by a close associate.<\/p>\n

There have been repeated calls for the ministers to resign over their alleged conduct in the respective matters.They have both denied any wrongdoing. Commenting on the McDonald issue, Al-Rawi said: \u201cThere is nothing to be acted upon (and) relative to the Camille Robinson-Regis issue. The Prime Minister has that issue under active review and the key is for the evidence and the information to be brought forward and considered which he is in the process of dealing with.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said Rowley had \u201cacted and continues to act with propriety. He is known to be a man that acts in a very decisive way and there is consistency in his approach.\u201d The AG added: \u201cThe PM has said he will deal with the issues of his Cabinet and the public statement that I am making now is that he is in the process of doing exactly that. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe fact that someone may have made a report to the Integrity Commission is mutually exclusive from the Prime Minister\u2019s own view of his own position as the head of the Cabinet. \u201cHe is reviewing these matters and I expect that the PM, being as decisive as he is, will pronounce on the matters and will do so at the correct time.\u201d <\/p>\n

According to the Attorney General: \u201cThere are certain markers that one has to pass through and one cannot just accept allegations. Facts must be proven. \u201cThe Prime Minister will act decisively,\u201d Al-Rawi insisted, adding that the PM did not push away the issues. \u201cHe didn\u2019t say no. He dealt with issues as they came up and he has said he is actively dealing with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The AG said the Government just concluded its first six-month review and retreat and \u201cthe PM has said there are matters that will come out of the review from the retreat which I expect he will speak to.\u201d He noted the PM has \u201cvery wide powers under the Constitution to manage his Cabinet and otherwise. I will not intrude upon the prerogative of the PM… he is the PM.\u201d According to Al Rawi: \u201cThe facts are not fully out there just yet and I expect the PM will bring those out, so I will like to think he is ahead of the curve and is managing it appropriately.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Rawi also said Rowley never said he had lost confidence in First Citizens as was reported in a newspaper. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe said no such thing,\u201d Al-Rawi insisted yesterday. Al-Rawi also said he did not share the view of former chairman of the Integrity Commission Ken Gordon that Rowley\u2019s alleged comment about the Integrity Commission was based on his previous experience with the body. <\/p>\n

He said the Prime Minister was also expected to speak about another matter which has engaged his attention. That matter was not revealed.<\/p>\n

Source: www.guardian.co.tt\/news\/2016-03-11\/pm-reviewing-camille-marlene-matters%E2%80%94ag<\/A><\/I><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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