Attorney General Reginald Armour has broken his silence to explain that while he swore in an initial affidavit that he served only as a “junior counsel” to former finance minister Brian Kuei Tung, he later recalled his role was far more extensive.

However, AG Armour says he was never given the opportunity to file a second affidavit to correct the record.

Earlier this month, Mr. Armour had been disqualified from representing T&T in the Piarco Airport corruption case in Miami, for his repressentation of Mr. Kuei Tung in a case 14 years ago.

The AG explained his prolonged silence on the matter.

“While I must continue to restrict my comments on the matter to avoid prejudicing those proceedings, I consider the concerns being expressed to be plainly legitimate and that I ought therefore to respond to them in greater detail, to the extent practical. I have not done so until now because of my continuing perceived need to be circumspect and which I have already stated, because the order disqualifying me from participation in the Miami proceedings is under appeal and therefore sub judice, and partly because I was called away from Trinidad and Tobago on urgent, unrelated government business.”

Kamla: “AG Must Go”

Meanwhile, Because he said the concerns addressed about his disqualification from representing Trinidad and Tobago in a Miami court, is plainly legitimate, the Opposition Leader restates her call for  Attorney General Reginald Armour to resign. Kamla Persad Bissessar accused the AG of trying to cover his tracks, rejecting his claim that the information mix-up had been, in fact, an error.