Ganga: AG compromising WASA probe

OPPOSITION Chief Whip Ganga Singh slammed Attorney-General Glenda Morean-Phillip for compromising ongoing investigations into alleged corruption at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) and demanded her resignation.

Addressing a UNC public meeting at the Don Miguel Road Hindu Primary School on Monday night, Singh warned Morean-Phillip to stay out of ongoing investigations being conducted at WASA by Canadian forensic investigator Bob Lindquist and the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Police Service. “Hands off the police!” Singh declared. The Chief Whip said it was clear from Morean-Phillip’s statements in the media that “the AG has embarked on a deliberate course to compromise and contaminate the independence of the inquiry”. “The AG has overstepped the boundaries of her constitutional mandate and is usurping and subverting the investigative role of the police and the independence of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). “Clearly this is an AG who will compromise her office as guardian of the Constitution to protect her PNM colleagues. It is clear that she has cocoa in the sun in this issue.” he declared.

However Singh seemed to agree with Morean-Phillip that he gave no new information to Lindquist and the ACB. “Yes because it is the truth and when you are dealing with the truth, you do not vary the truth!” Singh stated. “Why is it that the police are not going to seize the documents at WASA? Why is it that the police are not going to seize the documents at Waterfarms? Why is it that the police are not going into the WASA accounts and following the money?” he asked. Claiming that the AG was “attempting to ride jockey” on the WASA probe, Singh said: “I want to tell her that she is going to get one hell of a water ride.” He added there must be no attempt to cover up corruption at WASA.  The Chief Whip reiterated that former PNM MP Dr Joe Laquis could not stop him from speaking anywhere in the East-West Corridor.