Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has threatened to sue his fellow parliamentarians Wade Mark and Saddam Hosein. He’s also blaming the Integrity Commission for the current situation.
During a media conference on Wednesday, the two men had accused Rowley of being in breach of the Integrity in Public Life Act for failing to declare his property on one form, although Rowley said he had declared it on another form.
Mark went so far as to call Rowley a criminal.
However, at a media conference at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s, yesterday, Rowley said he had consulted his attorneys and would be seeking redress.
“I am in consultation with my lawyers and all that they have to say in the press conference and wherever else they does meet, they will come and tell that in a court of law. You think it easy for me to stomach Wade Mark calling me a criminal? Wade Mark! From the UNC? Calling me a criminal because they have a different investigation going on than the one by the Integrity Commission,” Rowley said.
Rowley also blamed the Integrity Commission for the current situation, saying that the matter should have been properly dealt with as far back as 2021, when the Opposition first raised the issue. He said it was a tactic of the UNC to attack him close to election, as this issue was first raised in the lead-up to the 2021 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections, while in 2015 General Election he and his deceased father were accused of being rapists.
Rowley said he will be taking legal action on the current issue, as his reputation is not one to be trifled with.