On Ju­ly 21, 2022, the Cab­i­net of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go agreed to the ap­point­ment of a Com­mit­tee to re­view and re­port on the place­ment of stat­ues, mon­u­ments and oth­er his­tor­i­cal sig­nage and recog­ni­tion in Trinidad and To­ba­go by De­cem­ber 31, 2022.

The Cab­i­net-ap­point­ed com­mit­tee will be chaired by Emeri­ta Pro­fes­sor Brid­get Br­ere­ton.

Oth­er mem­bers of the com­mit­tee are Dr East­lyn Kate McKen­zie, Ms Zai­da Ra­j­nauth, Chief Ri­car­do Bharath-Her­nan­dez and Mr Kobe Sandy.

The Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter says the Cab­i­net recog­nis­es the need for is­sues as­so­ci­at­ed with the his­tor­i­cal place­ment of stat­ues, mon­u­ments and sig­nage to be stud­ied and for con­sid­er­a­tion to be giv­en to de­ter­min­ing what steps and de­ci­sions should be tak­en for Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Ac­cord­ing­ly, it has re­quest­ed that this Com­mit­tee re­view same and re­port back to Cab­i­net with­in the stat­ed time frame.