Michelle Loubon

Laven­tille East/Mor­vant MP Don­na Cox says she would have to re­cuse her­self from the in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to an al­leged threat be­tween her­self and ad­vis­er to Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar Gary Grif­fith since she is a mem­ber of the Priv­i­leges Com­mit­tee. The in­ci­dent took place in Par­lia­ment dur­ing a de­bate of no con­fi­dence against Per­sad-Bisses­sar on March 3. It was brought to the at­ten­tion of Speak­er Wade Mark.

In­ter­viewed yes­ter­day dur­ing a cel­e­bra­tion host­ed by the Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment Women's League at Bal­isi­er House, Tran­quil­i­ty Street, Port-of-Spain, Cox said she would not be able to "com­ment fur­ther," but "I think it has start­ed and I haven't been called as yet. I am not sure who would be car­ry­ing out the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

"Ac­tu­al­ly, I am a mem­ber of the Priv­i­leges Com­mit­tee so I will have to re­cuse my­self." Quizzed on whether Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley sup­ports the fir­ing of Grif­fith, Cox added: "Ac­tu­al­ly, yes, be­cause I was not the ag­gres­sor. I can safe­ly say that. I gath­er he was not pleased with what I said about him in Par­lia­ment."

Mean­while, Cox said she was not dis­turbed about her safe­ty. "I am from Mor­vant and there is no need to fear Gary Grif­fith." Dur­ing his ad­dress, Row­ley said "the biggest prob­lem was the un­der­per­for­mance of the man­agers in the coun­try. He paid ku­dos to the women of T&T for the strides they had made. But he not­ed the "re­al prob­lem was the un­der­per­for­mance of the males."