Do you think State Boards under the UNC Government represent the diversity and ethnic composition of T&T? Well one Opposition MP says the imbalance is blatant.
00:00The UNC government's composition of state boards is ethnically imbalanced and does not represent the diversity of Trinidad and Tobago, challenges the opposition People's National Movement.
00:12When I look at it, I wonder if we're living in Bangladesh or Delhi.
00:17It's the response of MP Marvin Gonzalez when asked his take on the configuration of state boards under the United National Congress.
00:26As a minister of government, the PNM government, Dr. Nayan Gatsby-Tolley could tell you the pains at which we go through as a cabinet to appoint state boards.
00:42You couldn't bring a cabinet note by Dr. Keith Christopher Rowley with only a certain race being represented.
00:51It must represent Trinidad and Tobago. That is how a PNM cabinet conducted itself.
01:00A stark difference he contrasts with the way things were done under the People's National Movement.
01:06And he would ask you directly, is that board being taken from India, if it only represents a particular race, or is it a board from Ghana?
01:18And I remember Minister Imbert, as the corporation's sole, would ask you, even before cabinet, is that a board from Mozambique?
01:27Because as far as the PNM is concerned, the appointment of state boards and persons and citizens who are qualified to serve on state boards, it must represent a diverse society like Trinidad and Tobago.
01:44And ethnic makeup aside, Gonzalez is calling out what he terms political hypocrisy.
01:50If it doesn't trouble you, then I don't know what will going to trouble us as a society.
01:55And then you are seeing many of them being affiliated with government ministers, campaign managers, and the same people.
02:06One of them, Padarat-ing, job for the boys and job for the girls, PNM boys and PNM girls, in true Padarat style.
02:16And in the same way, job for the boys, job for the PNM boys, job for the PNM girls.
02:22Look at who are the UNC girls and the UNC boys doing the same thing.
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