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In a statement from its public relations unit on Tuesday, the party weighed in on Augustine’s call for the Prime Minister to ‘mind yuh damn business,” after Dr Rowley urged him to seek a fresh mandate by calling an election.
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Economist Anslem Richards believes the Tobago Island Administration Bill being reviewed by the Joint Select Committee (JSC) before its debate in Parliament, defeats the purpose of Tobago autonomy. He believes solely Tobago should debate and shape the bill before making it law.
Richards said the Tobago Self-Government Bill and the Tobago Island Administration Bill are designed to frustrate the island’s decades-long fight for self-government.
The bills are meant to give the island greater autonomy in managing its affairs.
The Joint Select Committee (JSC), which reviewed both pieces of legislation, recently held three public consultations to gauge feedback, two in Tobago and one in Trinidad.
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Economist Dr Vanus James has described the Draft Constitution Amendment Bill (Tobago Self Government Bill) as a constitutional illusion.
James, a Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) supporter, said the draft bill, currently made public by Parliament s Joint Select Committee for consideration, does not allow Tobagonians the equality they desire.
In a recent interview, James told Newsday the promises in the explanatory note, that Tobagonians will be able to make their own choices and manage their own affairs, are blocked by many specific provisions of the bill.
He said, “Indeed, the proposed Constitution Amendment Bill is a kind of constitutional illusion designed to fool the unwary Tobagonian into seeing two things that are not really there – equality of status and self-determination.”