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A caution to Chief Secretary Farley Augustine from the Tobago Business Chamber, "ligation is a last resort "

Chamber Head Martin George is expressing his concern with Mr. Augustine's threats to sue Central government.

Nicole M Romany reports.
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00:00 think that he can still turn it around and change the approach and come with something
00:08 that shows that you are more suited for being a national leader rather than just being the
00:20 village bhajan.
00:22 Last week, Augustine told media the Tobago House of Assembly will be heading to the court
00:28 to sue central government for $166.4 million, which he said is owed to the THA.
00:37 He said he tried to speak with the finance minister for a long time on this matter, but
00:43 to no avail.
00:44 However, Mr. George disagrees.
00:48 Any sensible attorney who is guiding and advising you would first try to work it through to
00:55 see what's the end game. In other words, are you likely to be successful in the litigation?
01:02 You don't just jump into litigation for the sake of saying, well, you know, I'm going
01:07 to sue you. You always try to work it through. You look at the law. You look at your decided
01:12 cases and authorities. And in this scenario, I would think that it is not an easy path
01:19 to any victory at all.
01:22 George is urging the chief secretary to analyze the situation carefully before moving forward.
01:28 On a separate issue, the attorney also weighs in on the police promotion fiasco, where it
01:33 is claimed some officers were wrongly promoted.
01:37 You know, we always, you know, good at passing the buck and passing blame and, you know,
01:41 shifting responsibility. But if you are there and you are a leader and you are in charge,
01:48 then you have to be able to take responsibility and say, hey, listen, I am going to deal with
01:55 this. I'm going to get this fixed. So I think that you have, you know, the twin pillars
02:00 of responsibility there, both in the police commissioner and I think also in the police
02:06 service commission.
02:07 He says a statement by those parties will go a long way in restoring confidence in their
02:13 function as oversight bodies. Nicole M Romany, TV6 News.
02:19 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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