UWI, IOB, help us to understand laws of Trinidad and Tobago
Gary Aboud -
THE EDITOR: I applaud Gary Aboud of the FFOS for his contribution to the debate on repealing the amendment to the Procurement Act. I learned that the Government is now proposing a new state entity created by the Shipping Management Bill (Section 46) that will be responsible for the ports.
There also appears to be a clause that will grant this entity full autonomy over the lands and operations of the ports as well as exempting it from oversight of either the Procurement Authority or the Auditor General, thus bypassing the Audit Act and the Central Tenders Act. The company will be given authority to set its own rules and operate with total impunity.