Afra Raymond is interviewed on CCN TV6 ‘Morning Edition‘ by host, Lance Mottley on Tuesday, 25 April 2023 on the implementation of the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act. Video courtesy CCN TV6
This is an interview with Trinidadian journalist and television host, Fazeer Mohammed, on Saturday, 25 March 2023 detailing this serious challenge to implementation of the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act.
15:11 to 17:05 Afra Raymond calls on the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) to convene an examination of the Constitution Imbroglio
19:45 to 20:50 LATT should call out the Judiciary’s 29-page note—unsupported—to the Attorney General
22:44 to 25:25 Cost of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Roger Gaspard, SC’s new office space and the scandalous decision of the AGLA to accept those terms.
26:51 to 27:48 DPP Gaspard must explain the apparent inaction in the CL Financial matter based on the Colman Report
33.42 to 34:56 Disturbing existing Arrangements
46:26 to 47.24 (or to 47:49) CJ batting well outside his crease! Judicial Educational Institute
Afra Raymond was interviewed by Steve Khan, Richard Ragoobarsingh, Paul Richards and Wendell Stephens on the Power Breakfast Show on Power 102 FM discussing the collapse of the Piarco Airport corruption case that involved defendants all the way up to and including the Prime Minister. The pattern of the failure to convict white collar criminals in Trinidad and Tobago is noted and a solution is offered to reverse the trend. Audio courtesy Power 102 FM
‘Ambiguity and silence is the enemy of #ethics and #integrity.‘
Richard Bistrong @Richardbistrong
Manufactured consent is supported by “…effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship, and without overt coercion…“.
Noam Chomsky
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act (PPDPPA or The Act) was approved by Parliament in 2015 and amended three times by this administration. The Regulations to The Act were approved by Parliament in January 2022, so the stage was set for implementation of this important law. This series deals with the intentional series of delays now emerging from our AG and the Judiciary.
Our Judiciary made formal objections to The Act, which was already approved by Parliament. It is a piercing irony that those submissions were unsupported by any citations or research, none whatsoever.
Professional Responsibility is one of the important lenses to examine the new Public Procurement law and the implementation challenges.
Grand Corruption is impossible without the active assistance, advice and scheming of Professionals — Lawyers, Bankers, Accountants, Engineers, Surveyors. The Thieves cannot function without the Professionals, after all, as the old saying goes: “The Upholder is worse than the Thief!” That old saying speaks to the particular responsibilities which are vested in the Professional Class.
Continue reading “Manufactured Dissent”‘The Truth eats Lies’
Marlon James. ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’
We must interrogate this Judicial intervention against the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act (PPDPPA) carefully to understand its perils.
Here are the three ‘red flags’ –
The three, taken together, taste terrible!
Continue reading “PUBLIC PROCUREMENT DELAYS – Understanding this CONSTITUTIONAL IMBROGLIO”On Emancipation Day 2022 in Trinidad and Tobago, Afra Raymond reiterates his message on the deplorable excuses offered by the government of Trinidad and Tobago to fully implement its Public Procurement regime. He wrote previously, “We are being told by our [Attorney General] that the new Public Procurement law cannot be implemented at this time because a significant number of Procuring Agencies are unprepared, and that is totally unacceptable.”
#moralsofamangothief
#takeweforfool
#brightforspite
The nine-day memory is a real thing in today’s world but some of us do remember and compare, so we are not fooled, not at all.
We are being told by our AG that the new Public Procurement law cannot be implemented at this time because a significant number of Procuring Agencies are unprepared and that is totally unacceptable.
Let me explain.
Continue reading “Public Procurement Delays 2022”
Afra Raymond spoke with Shabaka Kambon on the Indaba radio programme on 91.1 Talk City. Their discussion centred on the ongoing delays in the implementation of the Public Procurement regime in Trinidad and Tobago. Audio courtesy 91.1 FM Talk City
So, the campaign to save the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Property Act (The Act) failed. The government achieved its objective of greatly reducing the oversight of the Office of Procurement Regulation (OPR). This is the final article in this series — I, II and III — so I pose two important questions arising from that failed campaign.
The first question really intrigued me. After all, if the current situation is one in which Public Procurement is loosely controlled, why would any government risk serious criticism by amending a law which has been delayed for so long?
Continue reading “Public Procurement collapse, Part Four”
This is my interview on the Power Breakfast Show on Power 102.1 FM with Paul Richards and Wendell Stephen on the proposed amendments to the Public Procurement & Disposal of Public Property Act. Audio courtesy Power 102 FM
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