Minority Leader of the Tobago House of Assembly, Kelvon Morris, has asked Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, if he, like the Prime Minister, is willing to resign if his version of the events surrounding the lack of a chief administrator on the island is found to be untrue.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister outlined his version before members of parliament and also laid a dossier in the House surrounding the appointment of the chief administrator.
Dr Rowley said if his version of events was wrong, he will resign his post.
“If it can be truthfully shown by any of the authorities that I have mentioned or impacted here today, that I have misled this House, I will immediately resign forthwith and hand over the reins to another in the interest of peace, good order and progress of the people whom I have continued to serve to the best of my ability,” Rowley said.
On Thursday, while giving his response to the THA’s $4.5 billion budget, Morris questioned Augustine on what he intended to do, should the tables be turned.
Morris said: “The honourable Prime Minister, in an address to the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, laid a comprehensive dossier of all the relevant documents supporting his statement of clarification and rebuttal in respect of the issue of the appointment of a chief administrator in the Tobago House of Assembly.”
“The honourable Prime Minister then gave the undertaking that he was prepared to resign forthwith if it could be truthfully shown by any of the authorities he mentioned, which included, of course, the honourable chief secretary, that he misled the Parliament.
“Deputy Presiding Officer (Joel Sampson), as the Minority Leader of Tobago, I call on the honourable Chief Secretary to subject himself to the same standard, if only because we both took an oath to uphold the Constitution and the law.”
Morris, assemblyman for Darrel Spring/Whim, believes the chief secretary, as the CEO of the THA, is responsible for setting the moral, ethical and spiritual tone of the island.
“Deputy Presiding officer, the PNM may not be perfect but this administration is 1000 times worse…I can say without fear of contradiction, this administration is 1,000 times worse and that may be putting it mildly.”