COP leader Prakash Ra­mad­har re­port­ed­ly in­di­cat­ed his in­ten­tion "to find the facts" with re­spect to re-rout­ing the Debe to Mon De­sir sec­tion of the Point Fortin high­way. How­ev­er, the COP is part of the PP Gov­ern­ment and Ra­mad­har has been a mem­ber of Cab­i­net for over two years. Sure­ly dur­ing this time the mer­its and de­mer­its of the project would have been dis­cussed and he ought to have been privy to these dis­cus­sions. If not, he could sim­ply have asked the Min­is­ter of Works and In­fra­struc­ture what were deemed to be the costs and ben­e­fits as seen by the min­istry. Af­ter months of this is­sue be­ing in the pub­lic do­main, Ra­mad­har is now plan­ning to ap­proach Nid­co to get its side of the sto­ry.

The Re-Route Move­ment's case and ar­gu­ments were re­port­ed­ly com­mu­ni­cat­ed to Ra­mad­har over three months ago by Wayne Kub-lals­ingh. Over a month ago, COP deputy leader Dr Anirudh Ma­habir at­tend­ed a com­pre­hen­sive pre­sen­ta­tion at their Debe camp. Any fur­ther ques­tions the Re-Route Move­ment was will­ing to an­swer prompt­ly. Why then is the COP vac­il­lat­ing on mak­ing a de­ci­sion? Is it a COP-out or a case of want­i­ng to hunt with the hounds and run with the fox­es? By the time the COP is ready to de­cide, the high­way would have reached Mon De­sir.

Trevor Su­dama

San Fer­nan­do