Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has expressed disappointment in the Opposition for it’s non support of the Constitution Review Committee Report.
The committee examined 16 key areas of the constitution and made several recommendations which were recently handed over to the PM and made public.
Among the suggested were the call for fixed dates for elections; making the Caribbean Court of Justice as the final court of appeal; increased Autonomy for Tobago; reformation of the Salaries Review Commission; reformation of the Powers and Role of the President; reformation of The Appointment of the Commissioner of Police and the right to a trial in a reasonable time;
Rowley, speaking during the PNM Convention at NAPA on Sunday, congratulated the committee, maintaining that constitutional reform was essential for the country’s future well-being.
He said 32 civil society institutions were among the entities that were part of the process.
However, he expressed disappointment that the Opposition, UNC, was not.
Rowley said: “I’m disappointed to say, at this stage, that the group of people who are, in fact, an arm of the government in Parliament under the UNC leadership…I am disappointed to say that our country’s Opposition chose, up to this point, not to partake in this process.”
He said he hopes that the UNC will eventually engage in the process.