Maharaj wants special Parliament sitting

In a media release, Maharaj who also heads the All Trinidad General Workers Trade Union (ATGWTU), said the Parliamentary sitting must be one with a difference and not used “to score political points as much as it must be a discussion among Parliamentarians, the people’s representatives about the best way to deal with the escalating and almost out of control crime situation.” “It must be a sitting carried live not only on television but on radio, where every member elected to the House of Representatives by the people, must let the people know what are their suggested solutions to the crime situation,” Maharaj stated.

“It must not be a sitting where the Opposition opposes for opposing sake or the Government imposes for imposing sake.

It must be a coming together of ideas in full view and witness of the people who would have elected these members to office.

Let the Members of Parliament earn their keep and let every single one of them speak,” he added.

“Let it be that at least once in our nation’s history if only for one day, we could have a United National Front Parliament, where Members of Parliament will discuss the crisis facing our country, not as PNM or UNC Members of Parliament, but as citizens of Trinidad and Tobago, representing the people’s interest,” Maharaj stated.