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Thursday, July 17, 2025

Rowley: Limit the number of Govt ministries

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Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley has promised to bring leg­is­la­tion in Par­lia­ment that will lim­it the num­ber of min­istries in T&T.Ad­dress­ing PNM sup­port­ers in Bel­mont on Fri­day, Row­ley said this will form part of the par­ty's pol­i­cy when they re­turn to of­fice.

Row­ley said the PP Gov­ern­ment had too many min­is­ters and with each Cab­i­net reshuf­fle, the num­bers con­tin­ue to grow.

"We will lim­it leg­isla­tive­ly the num­ber of min­istries in Trinidad and To­ba­go. So no prime min­is­ter can come back here and use min­is­te­r­i­al ap­point­ments for po­lit­i­cal pur­pose that you are see­ing here." Row­ley said when for­mer prime min­is­ter Patrick Man­ning had 25 min­is­ters, the Op­po­si­tion said it was too big.

The PP, he said, now has the largest Cab­i­net. "...They have been us­ing min­is­te­r­i­al ap­point­ments to paci­fy peo­ple...to ap­pease peo­ple...to buy peo­ple. Some peo­ple who should not even be on the min­istry's door step are now in the Cab­i­net and some have the gall to in­voke God in it."Row­ley spoke about lock­ing horns with Speak­er Wade Mark dur­ing his post bud­get con­tri­bu­tion in Par­lia­ment on Fri­day.

"I was try­ing to keep cool." Row­ley said when he spoke about the Gov­ern­ment's cor­rup­tion he was in­ter­rupt­ed and stopped. "I have been ac­cused of be­ing a wa­jang be­fore. I don't want to be ac­cused again." Row­ley raised the is­sue of the Bri­an Lara Sta­di­um of which Calder Hart was re­spon­si­ble. "Of course we were not hap­py with Calder Hart's be­hav­iour with re­spect to his ar­ro­gance as a chair­man and the rope he was giv­en, and how he stepped out of line. I took per­son­al re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for stop­ping that in this coun­try."

Even though Hart may have stepped out of line, Row­ley asked why the sta­di­um re­mained in­com­plete for three years.Row­ley spoke about the fight be­tween him­self and Man­ning over a de­mand he had made to tight­en Ude­cott."The prime min­is­ter (Man­ning) had a dif­fer­ent view. And I stood my ground on it, for which I make no apolo­gies."


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