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Failed Elites And Broken Institutions
On March 20 last, Dr Terrence Farrell delivered an address to the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute in which he blamed our woes of corruption on failed elites and broken institutions. While...
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CUT AND PASTE INSTITUTIONS
Last week I dealt with the issue of failed elites and broken institutions as a response to Dr Terrence Farrell’s recent address to the T&T Transparency Institute. In challenging Farrell, I pointed...
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THE CCJ CHALLENGE
Last Thursday, the Caribbean Court of Justice marked its tenth anniversary with an intellectually stimulating ceremony at its headquarters in Port-of-Spain. There are now four Caricom countries that...
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UNC’s 26th anniversary
As the UNC celebrates its 26th anniversary this week, one of the realities for the discipline of political science that must be faced is that the advent of serious two-party politics in this country...
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DEBATING THE CCJ
“The issue of acceding to the appellate jurisdiction of the CCJ should be the subject of a national referendum.” This was the specific recommendation of the Constitution Reform Commission in its...
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DEBATES AND POLITICS ...Come better than that
The Debates Commission announced last week that it was looking forward to planning a Leaders’ Debate between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. This has...
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SUSPENDING MPs
As the suspension of the MP for Diego Martin West continues to attract attention, it is useful to examine the ways in which different MPs have been suspended over the years in the Parliament of...
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CASE COMPROMISED
The decision by former deputy chairman Sebastian Ventour to resign his position on the Integrity Commission in expressing his disagreement with the other members of the commission has severely...
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POLITICAL TIMELINES
Last Wednesday, the world of football was thrown into chaos as the United States government moved to carry out a global initiative against alleged corruption in Fifa. At a press conference in Brooklyn,...
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DEBATING THE DEBATES
As the issue of a leaders’ debate continues to attract the attention of the Debates Commission, it appears as though the rules for the debates will be the sticking point.Prime Minister Kamla...
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DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT
Now that the time has arrived for the dissolution of Parliament, it is useful to note that the 10th Republican Parliament is the only one that has gone the full distance from start to finish once it is...
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Cabinet powers
The powers of the Cabinet during the period of any dissolution of Parliament allow the Government to pursue the general direction and control of policy as stated in the Constitution. The only...
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PRESIDENTIAL CONSULTATION
In recent times, the issue of presidential consultation has been revived as a subject of controversy based on the public spat between Dr Keith Rowley and President Carmona.Dr Rowley chose to publicly...
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FIXING INTEGRITY
President Anthony Carmona filled the vacancies on the Integrity Commission last week and in the process, fired some salvos of his own at his critics by referring to their criticisms of his handling of...
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A THIRD FORCE
The emergence of a political group called the “Third Force Movement” convened by Timothy Hamel-Smith has caused a fair amount of public responses much unlike the launch of another party on May 16...
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FORCED OUT
The Third Force issued a press release last Wednesday in which it said that “the time frame was too tight to establish the institutional framework for a fully fledged political party in order to...
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THE OTHER DEBATE
As the political climate gets a lot warmer as we approach the end of July, there is now another offer outside of the Debates Commission of the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce for the holding...
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THE LEADERSHIP EXCHANGE
Last Thursday evening, the Caribbean New Media Group was able to host a very informative Leadership Exchange that ought to have been a debate between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Leader of...
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THE OTHER FORCE
While there is substantial statistical data to justify the search for a Third Force based on the election results of 1981, 1991 and 2007, the reality is that the results of these elections reflected...
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DEBATING NEUTRALITY AND TRUST
As the Debates Commission of the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce prepares for its first leaders’ debate this week without Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and ILP Political Leader Jack...
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