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Autonomy for Tobago is assured. This from THA leader of Assembly Business Zorisha Hackett, as she spoke with reporters outside the Assembly Chamber on Tuesday. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
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00:00on the table as well with autonomy being most prominent that is the most important mission for
00:06us as a tobago house of assembly and prime minister assured us that you know she's going
00:10to go right back to the drawing board with us our chief secretary was able to pull together
00:14all the previous iterations of bills brought before parliament and all the tobogonians have
00:20been clamoring for from as early as winston murray and a.n.r robinson up until now and so
00:25we brought all versions of it we brought together what was similar and the different the differences
00:30and we were able to come up with one solid document of what has remained consistent for tobogonians
00:36miss hackett said mps for tobago east and west david thomas and joelle samson respectively have also
00:44been advocating on behalf of the people of tobago and there are some non-negotiables in there and
00:50those were brought to the fore with prime minister mp for tobago east and west have also been advocating
00:54very strongly over the last couple of months um for us to really stay true to the very foundation
01:00of what the autonomy quest is and to not water it down and i think tobogonians have always had a
01:05challenge with the fact that government after government we've not been getting what what is
01:09really true to the very soul of tobago and what this quest for self-determination means and i think
01:14this prime minister understands the fact that you know we've we're going to continue to refuse it no
01:19matter who is in port of spain if it does not stay true to the very tenets of what it means to be
01:23at tobogon's assembly hackett said she believes the prime minister kamala pasad bisasa would keep her
01:29word and to have this type of island government and therefore we're expecting that the prime minister
01:34to stand to her word we have a very strong advocate and chief fighter in our chief secretary
01:39who you know refuses to take no for an answer and because he understands that tobago is not his to make
01:46determination for all sixty thousand plus of us have a stake in this and whatever we come up with
01:52must reflect the will of the people and i think that that is what the prime minister knows and
01:57understands and she knows a lot is riding on it and i think year after year and term after term we have
02:03this challenge of you know just right around an election period is when you're going to have that
02:08conversation before what is fortunate for us we've had a change in government and with a mandate from
02:13this government and with a mandate from us as a new political organization we expect that we'll sit
02:17at the table fresh heads pure hearts clean minds and go right back to what tobogonians have always
02:23clamored for not a watered on version of the bill but a true quest for the self-determination of the
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