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The People's National Movement is forging ahead with legal action against what it describes as the unlawful and politically motivated termination of all CEPEP contracts.

MP for Laventille West and Attorney at Law Kareem Marcelle is accusing the government of breach of contract.

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00:00Attorney at Low, Kareem Marcel, tells the TV6 Morning Edition,
00:04the PNM's legal team is compiling oral correspondence related to the mass firings.
00:10He questions how contractors can be dismissed when there was no CPEP board of directors in place
00:16to steer the ship or authorize such a sweeping decision.
00:21Marcel says they want to know who gave the direction to the chief executive officer to terminate
00:27and whether or not that person had such authority.
00:30So we have asked for certain things, including communications between,
00:34all communications between the chief executive officer and the line minister
00:38slash de facto prime minister, the Honorable Barry Barrett,
00:42to determine whether those instructions came from the line minister,
00:47whether it came from the minister in the ministry, the permanent secretary, the parliamentary secretary,
00:50all these things in order to get the evidence necessary.
00:55The government has stated that a new CPEP board will be appointed on Wednesday.
01:01However, Marcel says the administration has put the cart before the horse.
01:06It is clear that the minister and de facto prime minister is now trying to call what he should have done first.
01:15How do you not install a board of directors?
01:18The board of directors is who makes policy decisions as to who enters into contracts,
01:24how the CPEP company limited enters into contracts.
01:28They authorize who to terminate, who to amend, all these different things.
01:35Marcel also dismissed claims that CPEP contractors were raking in millions,
01:40stating that they were paid a flat rate of $20,000 per month.
01:45He accused the government of political victimization.
01:49It is clear to me that it was callous, it was vindictive,
01:52it was filled with hate and discrimination.
01:57Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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