FIFA

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

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.'