For­mer head of the Pub­lic Ser­vice Regi­nald Du­mas says it must be proven that there ex­ists a con­flict of in­ter­est with Works and Trans­port Min­is­ter Jack Warn­er con­tin­u­ing to per­form the du­ties as Fi­fa vice-pres­i­dent.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley wrote to the In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion on Mon­day, seek­ing clar­i­fi­ca­tion on whether it was prop­er for Warn­er to hold the two po­si­tions. Row­ley said he was op­posed to a full-time min­is­ter of gov­ern­ment in T&T hold an­oth­er paid job. But Du­mas said that one should not rush to judg­ment on the Warn­er is­sue un­til and un­less it could be proven that there was a con­flict of in­ter­est for Warn­er to hold the two jobs.

Du­mas said the re­spon­si­bil­i­ties of Warn­er's job as Fi­fa vice-pres­i­dent must be known be­fore it can be de­ter­mined if it would neg­a­tive­ly im­pact on his per­for­mance as a Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter. Du­mas said Warn­er's in­ter­na­tion­al con­tact as a Fi­fa ex­ec­u­tive could bring ben­e­fit to the peo­ple T&T.