Manning, Panday meet today on Police Reform Bills

Prime Minister Patrick Manning and Opposition Leader  Basdeo Panday meet at the PM’s official residence  at 11 o’clock this morning in the hope of  reaching an agreement on the Police Reform Bills. Manning will be accompanied by Attorney General John Jeremie and also Planning Minister Camille Robinson-Regis, who (along with Manning) represented the PNM on the bipartisan political committee which was the driving force behind the legislation. Panday will be accompanied by MPs Gerald Yetming and Ganga Singh. Panday said on Friday that he planned to go to this meeting with suggestions  because he wanted “to save the legislation.” Debate on the Bills, which require a two-thirds majority, starts on Tuesday morning in the House of  Representatives.