June 13, 2022

Opposition Files No Confidence Motion Against AG Armour

By Newsroom

The Opposition, through its MP Saddam Hosein, will file a Parliamentary Motion of No Confidence against Attorney General Reginald Armour; the latest in the party’s call for the AG to resign.

It arises out of the issue of Mr. Armour being disqualified by a Miami court from representing this country in the Piarco International Airport corruption matter.

Mr. Armour was disqualified as a conflict of interest because he previously represented former finance minister Brian Kuei Tung in the matter at the Magistrates’ Court in 2004.

At a UNC meeting on Monday night, MP Hosein outlined Section 76:2 of the constitution, which provides that the AG has conduct of all Civil litigation within and outside of Trinidad and Tobago.

“Because if you feel you could run from Prime Minister’s Questions, and you could run from urgent public importance- well you have a motion of No Confidence coming in (sic) you Mr. Armour. You could run how much you want, but you can’t hide. Your armour better be made of steel, because we have an iron woman coming for you,”| MP Hosein told cheering supporters.

Speaking at the same Monday night meetinng, leader Kamla Persad Bissessar said her Opposition intends to stage a walk out in the Parliament anytime Attorney General Reginald Armour takes the floor to speak, as she commended MP Saddam Hosein for filing a no confidence motion against the AG.

She said Senator Wade Mark, as leader of Opposition business in the Upper House, will file a similar motion against Mr. Armour.

Meanwhile, acting Prime Minister Colm Imbert maintains there’s no issue in Local Government Minister Faris Al Rawi representing Trinidad and Tobago in the Piarco International Airport corruption matter, replacing Attorney General Reginald Armour.

Asked about the matter during Monday’s sitting of the House of Representatives, Minister Imbert argued that “This is permissible under the constitution, specifically sections 76, 78 and 79.”

“And there is precedent in the records for this matter, going as far back as the 1981 to 1986 period,” Minister Imbert ended.

 

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