CDA without chairman

However, last Tuesday’s special meeting of the CDA Board was chaired by its deputy chairman, Guptee Lutchmedial, but who made it clear to Newsday yesterday that he is neither substantive chairman nor acting chairman. “The minister will probably go to Cabinet and appoint a new chairman,” he said, by way of explaining the process of leadership.

Lutchmedial said the board will next meet at month-end in a statutory meeting. He said Pierre’s resignation has not left the board invalidated, as its quorum is five members and it now has eight or nine members. One Noel Elias joined on August 18.

Lutchmedial said Tuesday’s meeting was brief and consisted mainly of checking the previous meeting’s minutes, and was held against the backdrop of Pierre’s exit.