Publicly divulging information about Security arrangements for TSTT’s acting CEO Kent Weston will be very irresponsible. This is the view of Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales as he slammed opposition MP Barry Padarath for revealing information about the security arrangements for TSTT’s acting CEO Kent Weston during a press conference on Wednesday.
Speaking at an at an event in Las Lomas yesterday Gonzales said that he would not speak on the security arrangements of any state officials: “I think it is highly irresponsible for any public official to discuss the security arrangements of persons. I think by doing that, you are exposing those very individuals and their families. You are exposing and compromising their security, and I think it is very unfortunate that a Member of Parliament and a public official will engage in that behaviour.”
On Wednesday, Padarath, quoting the response to a Freedom of Information Act request, claimed that bodyguard security for TSTT’s acting CEO costs $65 an hour—around $49,000 monthly. He said he had gotten a response from TSTT to a query filed by one of his agents under the Freedom of Information Act.
Former CEO of TSTT Lisa Agard had refused to accept any security because TSTT was sending home workers in cost-cutting exercises during her tenure. Agard called the security payments for Weston ‘wastage’.