00:00We think that at this time the Prime Minister should delay that recommendation because when
00:07we see what's happening in the country, the economic climate, we think it's a bit shaky
00:13and we think we should delay right about now.
00:17We see the unions and a lot of people are a bit upset about that, a lot of things happening
00:21around, we think that it should be delayed.
00:24Mr. Williams said the announcement on Thursday by the Prime Minister came as a surprise to
00:30him.
00:31Yeah, definitely we were surprised and we know in this space, Mr. Likud, there's a lot
00:35of service providers, contractors waiting on payments from the government, whether it's
00:40the TAT or the central government and now that you're giving yourself, or you're having
00:47an increase, what kind of signal will you send to us?
00:50Because we have workers to pay and we cannot pay them because of the state enterprises
00:56on the government, which is central government and the TAT, our companies, so the members
01:03is not happy about that.
01:05Mr. Williams said the issue may be a talking point in the upcoming general election as
01:10most of the citizenry is displeased.
01:13Do you think that the Prime Minister could lose the upcoming general elections because
01:17of this?
01:19Put a word on the ground, people are bitter, in Tobago, bitter everywhere I go, a lot of
01:24folks are bitter about it, very much bitter in Tobago, very, very much bitter.
01:29Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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