Hinds: No idea about junior minister talk

“While there may be that talk, more importantly...where is that talk coming from?” questioned Fitzgerald Hinds, as he responded to questions by reporters that he was once again being considered for the post of Junior Minister in the Ministry of National Security, while his Cabinet colleague Keith Rowley was tipped to become Minister of National Security.

Speaking to reporters at a tour of the All In One Child Development Centre, at the Beetham Gardens yesterday, the MP for the Morvant Laventille East area was quite complacent as he said “sometimes the talk emanates from your brilliant minds right here in the media, and it may very well be that.”

“I have had no other sounding of that,” claimed Hinds, adding that “I am a member of Parliament, I serve as a Member of Parliament, and I am quite happy doing that.”

Hinds stated that his presence at the tour of the Centre, as he accompanied a visiting UK delegation was “testimony to the fact, but it is also a part of my work as a Member of  Parliament, and I content myself with that.” Questioned as to whether he would accept such a position, were it offered, Hinds countered with his own question as he asked reporters, “Why would we want to speculate about something that might not even exist?”

He further stated “I have so many things to do in terms of developing the constituency, and dealing with some of the problems that beset us, that I would prefer to direct by energies to what is before me, rather than waste my mental, spiritual and intellectual energy on matters that may never arise.”

Asked what were some of the new developments in the Laventille area, he said contracts had already been awarded for work to begin on the Rum Bond building, which had been approved as the site of the Laventille Institute of Technology and Continuing Education, and for which monies had been allocated.

“This would give the young people who are otherwise disengaged, an opportunity to engage themselves in growth and learning, in traditional skills, as well as high tech skills suitable for the oil and gas industries,” claimed Hinds.