Trinidad cabinet rejected Grenada colony approach by former PM
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| Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008 |
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By Oscar Ramjeet
Caribbean Net News Special Correspondent
Email: oscar@caribbeannetnews.com
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago cabinet totally rejected a request by Grenada’s former Prime Minister Keith Mitchell, seeking an association between his country and Trinidad and Tobago, which if accepted would have made Grenada a virtually colony of the twin island republic.
The request was made a year ago by a letter sent by the then Grenada leader to the Trinidad and Tobago government.
Grenada wanted free access to the education system, health system, transportation system, and so on.
According to a newspaper article carried in Wednesday's issue of the Trinidad Express, the only thing that Mitchell didn't speak of in his letter was "having access to the Trinidad and Tobago treasury. But, of course that was an unspoken word, according to a former minister.”
Several members of the Cabinet felt that Mitchell was at the time looking for someone "to pay his (Grenada) bills" and was "mamaguying" Trinidad and Tobago.
Two weeks ago, Grenada’s new Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, along with the Prime Ministers of Grenada, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Port of Spain committing themselves to economic union by 2011 and political union by 2013.
The proposed union has not found favour with at least two countries, Jamaica and Belize, whose leaders have spoken out against such a move.
Several highly qualified and experienced regionalists have also criticised the proposed move initiated by the Trinidad and Tobago leader, who had been jetting around the region sensitising the leaders about his proposal. | | | | Reads : 536 | | | |
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