Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described the recently released Constitutional Reform Report as “a con job,” and nothing but another election gimmick by the People’s National Movement (PNM).
In an interview with GML, she said: “The entire constitutional reform is another election gimmick. This is the same tired PNM gimmickry that was used before, as seen in the local government reform charade in 2023 and the roadmap to recovery propaganda before General Election 2020, where they duped gullible pseudo-intellectuals and some business persons.”
“The Government has spent millions and ordered about 37 probes or committees since 2015 which have produced no benefit to the population. They were ordered purely for deflection and propaganda.
“This reform report is just a con job to be used as the PNM manifesto for the upcoming general election. Ninety-nine per cent of the population saw it as a propaganda ploy and it was very poorly attended, not even PNM supporters took it seriously or attended. The committee comprised persons unqualified for the task and they were met with mostly empty rooms throughout the country in their consultations.”
The report includes several recommendations, including a call for the president to be elected by a vote, fixed dates for general elections and making the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) T&T’s final court of appeal.