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Monday, August 18, 2025

Op­po­si­tion Leader to file mo­tion in Par­lia­ment...

Rowley: Fire Nizam now

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Basdeo Panday

Basdeo Panday

Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley is ex­pect­ed to file a mo­tion in Par­lia­ment to­day, call­ing on Pres­i­dent George Maxwell Richards to im­me­di­ate­ly dis­miss Nizam Mo­hammed as chair­man of the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion. Mo­hammed has been crit­i­cised by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Row­ley over his March 25 state­ment to a Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee of Par­lia­ment about eth­nic im­bal­ance in the Po­lice Ser­vice.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar was an­gered by the state­ment, de­scrib­ing it as "reck­less and di­vi­sive." She said Mo­hammed's view was not rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Gov­ern­ment. Af­ter a meet­ing with Pres­i­dent Richards last Mon­day, she said Mo­hammed's fu­ture as chair­man of the com­mis­sion was in the hands of Richards.

Row­ley al­so met with Richards. He lat­er said that he was con­fi­dent Mo­hammed's ap­point­ment would be re­voked by the Pres­i­dent. Mo­hammed was called to a meet­ing with the Pres­i­dent last Fri­day. Af­ter that meet­ing, Mo­hammed told re­porters his sta­tus at the com­mis­sion had not changed. Row­ley said that in the wake of that lat­est de­vel­op­ment, he was seek­ing the as­sis­tance of the Gov­ern­ment for a spe­cial sit­ting of Par­lia­ment on April 20 to de­bate "as a mat­ter of ur­gency," a mo­tion to have Mo­hammed dis­missed. He said that day is be­ing re­quest­ed, as the sched­uled Pri­vate Mem­bers' Day this month-April 22-is a pub­lic hol­i­day.

"The Op­po­si­tion ex­pects the Gov­ern­ment to make pro­vi­sions to have this mo­tion de­bat­ed as a mat­ter of ur­gency," Row­ley said. He said dis­cus­sions were ex­pect­ed to take place be­tween chief whip Mar­lene Mc­Don­ald and leader of gov­ern­ment busi­ness, Dr Roodal Mooni­lal. How­ev­er, when Mooni­lal was asked yes­ter­day if any de­ci­sion had been tak­en about a spe­cial sit­ting to de­bate Row­ley's mo­tion, he said: "No." Richards is ex­pect­ed to is­sue a state­ment on the mat­ter by Wednes­day. Sources said Mo­hammed had been giv­en some more time to con­sid­er calls for his res­ig­na­tion in the wake of his state­ment. Mo­hammed is in­sist­ing he has done no wrong.


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