Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has revealed that the Parliament will be called upon this year to vote on two bills designed to give Tobago greater internal self-government.
Dr Rowley made this announcement at the funeral service for former Tobago House of Assembly chief secretary Hochoy Charles at the Shaw Park Complex in Tobago on Thursday.
Rowley said the Tobago Self-Government Bill and the Tobago Island Administration Bill are still before a parliamentary joint select committee.
He promised that this year, the bills would be brought back to Parliament and put to a vote.
While he said he wished it was his power to grant greater self-government to Tobago, Rowley said the only pathway to achieve this was through the Parliament.