?Opposition Leader and political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on Prime Minister Patrick Manning "to cease and desist" from signing the Maritime Boundary Delimitation Treaty between T&T and Grenada.
Manning and the Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas, are expected to sign the Treaty at 11 am today at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's, following negotiations which ended last month. In a statement, yesterday, Persad-Bissessar stated: "This country is preparing for a general election on May 24 and Mr Manning is continuing as if it is business as usual, although there is strong opposition and concerns over the treaty that is to be signed between both countries.
"The Prime Minister should not be committing the people of T&T to any regional or international treaties at this time as Parliament has been dissolved. "It should have been delayed until the new Government is able to review this treaty in consultation with the people." Persad-Bissessar added: "The people have a right to decide how the wealth of this country is to be utilised, foremost of which is the basic services which have been denied by this Government."