Jack Warner

While perusing an online forum where Trinbagonians discuss national issues, I engaged a long-time contributor who has been crying out for stronger campaign finance regulations as a key solution to our disturbing legacy of political corruption.  I had been a supporter of his call, but sometimes wondered if such regulation would be a central solution, or whether other types of reform may be more critical at this time.  After relentlessly pressing him for online articles that shaped his views, and analysing same, I have concluded that, while important, there may be two other more urgen

The Trinidad Express broke the story on 08 Oct 2010 of a TT$47 million contract being awarded at the Airports Authority of T&T (AATT) despite there being no Board installed.  In response, two separate press releases were issued on the same day: one from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) - which

Since the election, I've been glad to hear the dolting adoration of the new government fall away into critical thought regarding how Trinidad and Tobago governs itself. That the new Opposition Leader, Dr. Keith Rowley singled out Jack Warner regarding a possible conflict of interest has created friction within the social networks around me.

While we await the results of the Attorney General's and Integrity Commission's review of the Hon. Minister Jack Warner's holding of his FIFA and Ministerial roles, I wish to re-focus on Hon. Min. Warner's recent statement that the FIFA roles are unpaid.

FIFA's Annual Financial Report 2009 is available on their website (http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/01/18/31/86/...).

These are the three pillars I've seen so far on the issue of whether the new Minister of Works and Transport, Mr Jack Warner, should resign his FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President roles: (1) his availability, (2) laws/rules governing Ministers simultaneously holding executive roles in private companies or associations, and (3) ethics/conflict of interest.  Let's examine each pillar.

Pillar 1: A Minister's Availability

UNC candidate, Mr Jack Warner, has questioned the late withdrawal by the management of the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) of its permission to use NALIS’s Port-of-Spain branch for the People's Partnership manifesto launch today at 10:30 a.m.  He claimed that the permission was withdrawn after NALIS accepted the UNC's formal application for the use of its faciliti

Leader of the Opposition coalition, Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar, reminded her audience on a campaign platform recently that you should judge a person by what they do.  She used the old adage: 'By their deeds, you shall know them.'