The motion calling for the removal of President Paula Mae Weekes was defeated during the vote at Thursday’s meeting of the Electoral College.
Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament for Siparia, Kamla Persad Bissessar, brought the motion which had the backing of all Opposition Members of Parliament.
Twenty-four voted for, forty-seven voted against and no one abstained from the vote.
The motion sought to get the establishment of a tribunal to investigate the removal of President Weekes in respect of the imbroglio surrounding the collapse of the Police Service Commission.
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