Gail Alexan­der

For­mer prime min­is­ter Bas­deo Pan­day has launched the Bas­deo Pan­day Foun­da­tion to as­sist the poor and those who fail to make con­tact with the au­thor­i­ties. Speak­ing from Rien­zi Com­plex where the foun­da­tion is lo­cat­ed, Pan­day said yes­ter­day: "The foun­da­tion was launched last week and reg­is­tered. I in­tend to spend the rest of my life con­tin­u­ing the work I have done for 40 years, try­ing to take up the prob­lems of those who can­not af­ford to re­solve their prob­lems, es­pe­cial­ly since many of them have come to me say­ing they can­not get in touch with their MPs any­more. "Peo­ple have told me they (MPs) no longer an­swer their phones and they do not come to con­stituen­cy of­fices any­more." Pan­day said he would be as­sist­ing with what­ev­er prob­lems peo­ple had, in­clud­ing lack of wa­ter and lights. Asked how he would be able to help if he was not in Gov­ern­ment, Pan­day said: "I'll write to those re­spon­si­ble on the is­sue. I un­der­stand you can­not get min­is­ters on the phones – I was the on­ly one who has al­ways an­swered his own phone, so my con­stituen­cy now is the whole of T&T."(GA)