Baksh gunning for Dumas in Senate

SENATE Opposition Leader Wade Mark will temporarily relinquish his role as chief antagonist of Public Utilities Minister Rennie Dumas when the Senate sits at 1.30 pm tomorrow.

That honour will go to Mark’s Senator colleague Sadiq Baksh who will ask Dumas about the number of compost sites formed under CEPEP and what became of a plan developed by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to repair sewage treatment plants in the country. Mark will ask Dumas only if Government is taking steps to recover monies paid to WASA’s CEO, general managers and deputy general managers from March 2002 to January 2003. Baksh will also ask Works Minister Franklyn Khan about the status of reconstruction works at Sunset Cove, La Romaine. Mark has questions for Planning Minister Dr Keith Rowley and Energy Minister Eric Williams about the existence of a development plan for Port-of-Spain (which involves a relocated Parliament, Magistracy and Judiciary) and negotiations for Atlantic LNG’s Train Four respectively.

Debate will continue on the Anti-Kidnapping Bill, as well as motions by Independent Senators Professors Ramesh Deosaran and Ken Ramchand for live, televised parliamentary debates and a Technical University of Trinidad and Tobago. Opposition motions concerning the introduction of Equal Opportunity legislation, Government’s efforts to deal with terrorism, Government’s efforts to regulate the banking industry and deal with corruption in public office will also be debated. The UNC’s motion of no-confidence against Senate President Dr Linda Baboolal has yet to be reintroduced to the Order Paper. The motion was removed in April after the UNC said it was not ready to begin debate on it.