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D Diesel Report wrote:The_Honourable wrote:NACTA predicts bad tidings for UNC
DESPITE losing some popular support in the marginal San Fernando West as its MP, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi remains more popular than several incumbent United National Congress (UNC) MPs in safe seats.
The PNM remains on course to retain both San Fernando West and San Fernando East in next year's general elections.
The UNC is facing an internal crisis and does not want to form an election alliance with any political parties for either the local government or general elections. These were some of the findings in the latest North American Teachers Caribbean Association (NACTA) tracking poll which was released yesterday.
While many voters do not feel Al-Rawi is an effective representative and are disillusioned with the PNM, the UNC does not provide a credible alternative in the seat.
NACTA also said Al-Rawi is not as popular as fellow PNM MPs Esmond Forde and Terrence Deyalsingh, in the marginal seats of Tunapuna and St Joseph respectively.
A number of public infrastructure and housing projects taking place in all marginal seats in the country, NACTA said, will ensure the PNM retains the five marginals it won in 2015. Those are San Fernando West, St Joseph, Tunapuna, Moruga/Tableland and Toco/Sangre Grande.
NATCA predicts the PNM will retain all of its marginals unless there is a major transformation within the UNC.
Outside of such an event, NACTA said the UNC will not add to the 18 seats it now has. To form the government, a political party must win at least 21 of the 41 seats in the Hose of Representatives.
NATCA also indicated that the UNC is internal crisis and its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has repeatedly ruled out an election alliance with any other party as happened in 2010. On local government elections, NACTA said the PNM will "coast home" to victory if the election is called soon.
The PNM seems set to retain control of the San Fernando City Corporation with no significant Opposition presence in its nine electoral districts. Voters are divided as to whether local government elections will be held this year.
The poll showed 54 per cent saying elections will be held, compared to 26 per cent who said no and 20 per cent who offered no opinion. The findings of the poll in other constituencies and local boroughs will be presented in a separate release.
Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2019/06/30/nacta- ... s-for-unc/
Jah bless d PNM! Jah bless d true strength of racism in T&T! PNM goose was cooked if it wasn't for their strong vote!
I go be so happy come 2020 to see d beatup dat go happen wit all these turd parties.
And d PNM supporters will get dey just rewards for staying true to d cause.
I tell allyuh PNM dey til 2030, maybe even longer. Yuh doh like it, well it have multiple flights going to different countries at Piarco.
Longer PNM stays in power more injuns get rich and become educated.shake d livin wake d dead wrote:D Diesel Report wrote:The_Honourable wrote:NACTA predicts bad tidings for UNC
DESPITE losing some popular support in the marginal San Fernando West as its MP, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi remains more popular than several incumbent United National Congress (UNC) MPs in safe seats.
The PNM remains on course to retain both San Fernando West and San Fernando East in next year's general elections.
The UNC is facing an internal crisis and does not want to form an election alliance with any political parties for either the local government or general elections. These were some of the findings in the latest North American Teachers Caribbean Association (NACTA) tracking poll which was released yesterday.
While many voters do not feel Al-Rawi is an effective representative and are disillusioned with the PNM, the UNC does not provide a credible alternative in the seat.
NACTA also said Al-Rawi is not as popular as fellow PNM MPs Esmond Forde and Terrence Deyalsingh, in the marginal seats of Tunapuna and St Joseph respectively.
A number of public infrastructure and housing projects taking place in all marginal seats in the country, NACTA said, will ensure the PNM retains the five marginals it won in 2015. Those are San Fernando West, St Joseph, Tunapuna, Moruga/Tableland and Toco/Sangre Grande.
NATCA predicts the PNM will retain all of its marginals unless there is a major transformation within the UNC.
Outside of such an event, NACTA said the UNC will not add to the 18 seats it now has. To form the government, a political party must win at least 21 of the 41 seats in the Hose of Representatives.
NATCA also indicated that the UNC is internal crisis and its leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has repeatedly ruled out an election alliance with any other party as happened in 2010. On local government elections, NACTA said the PNM will "coast home" to victory if the election is called soon.
The PNM seems set to retain control of the San Fernando City Corporation with no significant Opposition presence in its nine electoral districts. Voters are divided as to whether local government elections will be held this year.
The poll showed 54 per cent saying elections will be held, compared to 26 per cent who said no and 20 per cent who offered no opinion. The findings of the poll in other constituencies and local boroughs will be presented in a separate release.
Source: https://newsday.co.tt/2019/06/30/nacta- ... s-for-unc/
Jah bless d PNM! Jah bless d true strength of racism in T&T! PNM goose was cooked if it wasn't for their strong vote!
I go be so happy come 2020 to see d beatup dat go happen wit all these turd parties.
And d PNM supporters will get dey just rewards for staying true to d cause.
I tell allyuh PNM dey til 2030, maybe even longer. Yuh doh like it, well it have multiple flights going to different countries at Piarco.
as zr says, which pnm supporter does benefit under the PNM(besides the 1% and rohani people)???
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Blaze d Chalice wrote:[b]How come everybody have some kinda pen/paper/book/notes in front them but Fowley has nothing?
Was he the main speaker/head and everyone was taking notes from him?But then why isn't he at the head of the table?
Blaze d Chalice wrote:How come everybody have some kinda pen/paper/book/notes in front them but Fowley has nothing?
Was he the main speaker/head and everyone was taking notes from him?
But then why isn't he at the head of the table?
No copies of Alexandra Place lease available
Renuka Singh
The Ministry of Public Administration was unable to provide a copy of the draft lease between the State and the family of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi.
In accordance with a second Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by Fixin T&T’s head Kirk Waithe, on Friday evening the Ministry of Public Administration provided an undated, unsigned copy of its lease template but not an exact copy of the draft lease between the State and the Nahous family which owns #1 and #3 Alexandra Place.
The lease document that the ministry did provide carries the year 2019, names current President Paula-Mae Weekes as the lessee.
The FOIA request asked for a copy of the draft lease which was supposed to date back to 2010 when the State first engaged Al-Rawi’s family for the rental of the building.
The copy of the draft lease that was sent to Waithe is undated and unsigned and carries a date of occupation as August 2016 with a three year term at a rate of $600,000.
One Alexandra Place has housed the Ministry of Public Utilities since September 2016 and according to the lease documents, the lease is set to expire next month.
This ministry is responsible for the lease payments to Al-Rawi’s family.
The draft lease also states that the agreement is between N.J Nahous Investments and Emeris Garraway-Howell, acting commissioner of state lands.
On Sunday, Guardian Media reported that there was no formal lease between the State and Al-Rawi’s family for the multi-million dollar rentals at Alexandra Place.
According to reports, the State has paid over $165 million dollars in just under ten years for #1 Alexandra Place but only began occupying the first space in 2016 when Government moved its Ministry of Public Utilities to #1 Alexandra Place.
In 2019 the Government moved the Office of the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) to #3 Alexandra Place.
The occupation of the two spaces occured even as the leases are still being ratified.
Waithe sent an FOIA request to the Ministry of Public Administration back in March and according to the ministry’s response, the formal lease is still outstanding.
In the documents provided to Guardian Media, Waithe asked for copies of th draft deed of lease for #1 Alexandra Street property, copies of all cheques for leasing/payments for property located at #1 Alexandra Place and copies of receipts received for payments made for the leasing/rental property located at #1 Alexandra Street.
“Please be advised that a draft deed of lease has been prepared but further clarification is being sought before finalisation and review by the Commissioner of State Lands,” the FOIA response to copies of the draft lease.
With regards to the request for copies of payment and receipts for #3 Alexandra Street, the Ministry of Public Administration clarified that the Attorney General did not participate in the discussions for the rental arrangement.
The ministry said that “the lease/rental property located at #3 Alexandra Street for a period of three years at a monthly rental of $575,000 plus VAT,” the response said.
“No lease/ rental agreement has as yet been executed for #3 Alexandra Street, St Clair and no attorneys have yet been involved in the leasing/rental of the property,” the Ministry of Public Administration said.
Guardian Media was able to confirm that up until Wednesday, no formal leases exist.
In May, during the Mid Year Review, Finance Minister Colm Imbert added another $2 million for the fit out of the space for the office of the Chief Personnel Office.
Rovin wrote:taken from fb ....
Seeker wrote:Rovin wrote:taken from fb ....
The thing is... they probably saying this for truth. It makes people hate this Government more & more, knowing
the don't care-mentality of these men.
What hate?shake d livin wake d dead wrote:Seeker wrote:Rovin wrote:taken from fb ....
The thing is... they probably saying this for truth. It makes people hate this Government more & more, knowing
the don't care-mentality of these men.
We will see how much hate there is for election
Kams will always get the blame.shake d livin wake d dead wrote:according to shortballz, the economy tun round...but I don't mind if they win, wanna see if they would continue the blame game
newsday wrote:Faris’ lease: A tale of two shareholders
Sunday 31 March 2019
It was the best of leases, it was the worst of leases. The Government’s lease of 3 Alexandra Place is unethical at best and illegal at worst. There is simply no other way to describe the three-year lease of that property to the Government by Zaman Enterprises Ltd (a company owned and/or controlled by the AG and/or his immediate family). The staggering $575,000 a month in rent – which equates to over $20,000,000 for the duration of the lease – is simply unconscionable. The lease was apparently approved by Cabinet Minute No 290 on February 14, 2019. Happy Valentine’s indeed.
A bit about Zaman Enterprises. The company appears to have been incorporated in 2006 by the AG. The incorporation documents show the AG and his wife, Mona Nahous, as the appointed directors. In that very year the corporation purchased the property at 3 Alexandra Place for $2,500,000 (about four month’s rent under the current lease). The corporation then issued two shares sometime between 2006 and 2007. The two shares were held by the AG (one share) and Mona Nahous (one share). To date, much of the discussion around the AG’s palpable conflict of interest has focussed on his directorship of Zaman Enterprises, little (if any) has been said about his 50 per cent ownership interest in the company.
In 2011 Al-Rawi was then removed as director of the company and his directorship was replaced by Nazem Nahous, the AG’s father-in-law. Despite that directorship change the AG’s shareholding interest (ie 50 per cent) remained unchanged. In 2013, Nazem Nahous was removed as director and replaced with the AG. Again, the AG’s shareholding interest remained the same.
In 2018, Abraham Faris Al-Rawi, the AG’s son, was appointed director of the company. Zaman Enterprises, for the first time, had three directors (all immediate family members). The shareholding interests in the company, however, remained unchanged. The AG owned 50 per cent of the issued shares and his wife owned 50 per cent of the issued shares.
Later in 2018, the AG was removed as director of Zaman Enterprises and only Mona Nahous and Abraham Al-Rawi remained as directors. Based on the information available to me, and subject to contrary information on the company’s annual return (due next month), there is no indication that the shareholding interests in the company had changed.
Indeed, the Note for Cabinet dated February 12, 2019 simply sets out the directors of Zaman Enterprises. It does not list the shareholders. A curious omission.
The available correspondence between Zaman Enterprises and the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration in 2018 shows letters by Nazem Nahous (corporate capacity unknown) and Mona Nahous (as director). Therefore, it is safe to say that at all material times the ownership interests, corporate interests and negotiations were held or undertaken by immediate family members of the AG. Assuming the shareholding interests to be unchanged, the AG also directly benefits from the purported lease arrangement.
The AG has attempted to distance himself from the transaction indicating that he recused himself at all material times. This is simply insufficient. Mere recusal for such a heavily conflicted transaction – a transaction approved by his immediate colleagues in Government – is unethical, if not illegal.
Sub-section 24 (1) (c) of the Integrity in Public Life Act (the Act) provides that “A person to whom this part applies shall ensure that he performs his functions and administers the public resources for which he is responsible in an effective and efficient manner and shall… arrange his private interests whether pecuniary or otherwise in such a manner as to maintain public confidence and trust in his integrity.” There is no way that the transaction and corporate ownership set out above inspires or maintains public confidence and trust. It does quite the opposite.
Sub-section 24 (2) (d) of the Act also provides that “A person to whom this part applies shall not… directly or indirectly use his office for private gain”. Again, given the corporate ownership set out above, it is clear that the AG directly and/or indirectly gains from the purported lease.
In the end, the purported lease to Zaman Enterprises Limited cannot stand. It is rife with conflicts and perhaps illegality. That previous governments may have entered such transactions is also no excuse. The “dey tief, so we tief too” mentality must stop. It is the only way for our tribal political system to get itself out of the gutter that both sides of the aisle have contributed to in recent years.
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