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AG: Cabinet to advise President when to enact new THA law
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. -
ONGOING talks between the PNM and PDP in Tobago on a possible power-sharing arrangement to break the six-six Tobago House of Assembly (THA) electoral deadlock will influence when the THA (Amendment) Bill 2021 becomes law.
Another influencing factor is the progress of the Constitution (Amendment) (Tobago Self-Government) Bill, 2020 through Parliament, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi disclosed on Saturday.
The THA (Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed in the House of Representatives on February 19 and in the Senate on March 2. The Prime Minister and Al-Rawi led the House and Senate debates respectively to prevent an electoral tie in the THA polls as occurred on January 25.
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EBC: No increase to 15 seats until THA bill becomes law
Sunday 21 February 2021
PDP political leader Watson Duke, front left, and deputy political leader Farley Augustine, right, address the media outside the Assembly legislature building after an overnight sit-in Scarborough, Tobago on February 2. The PDP on Friday sent a pre-action protocol letter to the clerk of the assembly calling for lots to be drawn to select a presiding officer. File photo -
THE Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) must wait for the proclamation of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Amendment Bill 2021 as law, before it can begin any exercise to increase electoral districts to 15. The three additional seats is proposed by Government as necessary to facilitate a fresh THA election to break the six-six deadlock which occurred on January 25. The assembly currently has 12 electoral districts.
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