00:00The former assemblyman and who at one time served as councillor, Regis Carruth, who resigned from the teaching service to serve Tobago for 11 years, only to retire from this August house with nothing.
00:15It speaks of George Stanley Baird, who gave 12 years and walked away without venture.
00:25These are not my words, Madam President.
00:27These are their words, printed black and white, their disappointment, their frustration, their plea for fairness.
00:42They wrote Madam President, they petitioned, they appealed, and they still had to come to us as a current administration because successive parliaments have turned them away.
01:02There are members beyond those that served prior to 1996 who, for one reason or the other, they have difficulties getting some benefits, any benefits, after having served the public.
01:19I think that I will wish, by the end of my short contribution, to propose some amendments which will then give us the latitude to try to fix the issue for all that are affected.
01:34So let us not give the impression that members weren't compensated.
01:39The argument could be adequately compensated, that is left for discussion.
01:46But let it not be said that former members weren't compensated.
01:52The real issue now, based on what I understand the issue to be, is that individuals who served before 2009 are claiming entitlement to pensions.
02:05May I charge this house today?
02:07To understand the power that is vested in us, we don't have to go to Trinidad first, go by law and ask any lawyer for this, and let's correct this injustice to the former assemblymen, women, councillors,
02:18who should ever would have worked and did not benefit.
02:22They are at home.
02:24They will the assign the code here.
02:26We must say, stand in touch.
02:27We can either become President of the Penguins oror κ and say guard fully guard under that means by an all-house hall in the beginning.
02:32P주�ytes don't want to fail and do not vão me to proceed, but wouldn't receive one call as a block.
02:36I guess what would happen, and come as a book and say guard doesn't belong space.
02:39If you would like to pay attention to my grandmother was an object which could be your mother as a grave and as a lawyer.
02:44Indeed, it will not be quite a promise.
02:46What do I learn?
02:48Had that prior to happen, was to initiate this one of my life.
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