The greatest act of betrayal to the people of Tobago was the Farley Augustine led Assembly not accepting the Autonomy Bills, under the previous Pnm government.
This from leader of the Tobago Liberation Movement Anthony James, who is also the brother of Infrastructure Secretary Trevor James. More in this Elizabeth Williams report.
00:00Do you think Chief Secretary Fahli Augustin should have accepted the bills that were brought to Parliament under the previous administration? What's your view on that?
00:09And undoubtedly, the rejection of the bill by him and the TPP as a whole, it was the greatest act of betrayal to the people of Tobago. In the history of the people of Tobago, that was the greatest act of betrayal. And I'll tell you why.
00:28Because in that proposed bill, the THA was guaranteed 6.8 percent, not Tobago. Tobago is smaller. THA is smaller than Tobago. But to the THA itself, 6.8 percent of what they call the national budget. And you could have made laws directly for the majority of things that are now under the fifth schedule.
00:54Mr. James said it was a selfish act by the TPP not to accept the bills in Parliament, especially without consulting Minority Leader Kelvin Morris.
01:06The Tobago Liberation Movement would be contesting all 15 seats in the upcoming THA election. James said the hour has come for Tobago to take its rightful place in the world.
01:18How confident are you of your party winning the upcoming Tobago House of Assembly election?
01:25Well, extremely confident and absolutely confident because I don't think there's another choice really. The other parties, they are all psychologically the same. Even though they might pretend to be otherwise, they are all basically the same. They all believe in a Tobago under Trinidad.
01:41He said screening for the party would occur in the coming weeks. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
01:48So, if you're now looking for a while on the probationary Rica
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