For­mer head of the Pub­lic Ser­vice Regi­nald Du­mas said chair­man of the PSC Prof Ramesh De­osaran and oth­er com­mis­sion mem­bers must tell the coun­try whether the ex gra­tia pay­ments made to Gibbs and Ewats­ki were part of their orig­i­nal con­tracts when they as­sumed their re­spec­tive roles. Du­mas al­so agreed that the res­ig­na­tions of the Cana­di­ans have cre­at­ed more ques­tions than an­swers. The role of the com­mis­sion and Par­lia­ment have al­so been brought in­to ques­tion, Du­mas said. "It is a ques­tion that can be rea­son­ably asked: what is the role of the com­mis­sion and the role of Par­lia­ment. It cer­tain­ly puts ques­tion marks over the role and in­de­pen­dence of the com­mis­sion. "Why wasn't the an­nounce­ment of the res­ig­na­tions made in Par­lia­ment rather than at the Prime Min­is­ter's res­i­dence?" Du­mas ques­tioned.

He said from all in­di­ca­tions the ex gra­tia pay­ments were made so that Gibbs and Ewats­ki could leave in a "good frame of mind." Fix­in' T&T has added its voice to the grow­ing con­cern re­gard­ing the man­ner in which Gibbs and Ewats­ki re­signed from of­fice. The or­gan­i­sa­tion's pres­i­dent Kirk Wait­he yes­ter­day said the move was not in keep­ing with good in­dus­tri­al prac­tices. Wait­he, how­ev­er, said he was hap­py that Gibbs and Ewats­ki were leav­ing the coun­try and re­turn­ing to Cana­da. "Fix­in' T&T's po­si­tion on CoP Dwayne Gibbs and DCP Jack Ewats­ki has been well doc­u­ment­ed, con­sis­tent and clear. While we are hap­py to see them leave our shores for rea­sons pre­vi­ous­ly stat­ed, the cir­cum­stances un­der which they ap­pear to have demit­ted of­fice cause us grave con­cern."