"What the hell that have to do with the Cab­i­net?"

This was the re­sponse from Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley last night as he ques­tioned why the Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar was call­ing for him to tell the coun­try if he and the Cab­i­net knew about the in­dem­ni­ty agree­ment be­tween the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and King's Coun­sel Vin­cent Nel­son.

"I'm lis­ten­ing to the con­ver­sa­tion of the Op­po­si­tion Leader and she is ask­ing over and over and the me­dia is ask­ing over and over in a sit­u­a­tion where mem­bers of par­lia­ment are hav­ing or should be fac­ing the court for steal­ing pub­lic mon­ey, it ap­pears as thought the biggest ques­tion be­ing asked is where is the prime min­is­ter and where is the cab­i­net in this ," Row­ley said as he de­liv­ered the fea­ture ad­dress at the Diego Mar­tin West con­stituen­cy con­fer­ence last night.

"So let me an­swer all of you tonight in the UNC and the me­dia. The Prime min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go es­pe­cial­ly when the post is held by me, but in the con­sti­tu­tion it says al­so, the prime min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go has no in­volve­ment and no role in the pros­e­cu­tion of any per­son in this coun­try," Row­ley said.

"So those who ask­ing where the prime min­is­ter in the mat­ter to do with the DPP's ac­tion and the Vin­cent Nel­son mat­ter the prime min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go has noth­ing to do with the pros­e­cu­tion and process­es against any per­son in this coun­try. So stop ask­ing for me," he said.

Row­ley said this coun­try's Cab­i­net is not run like a par­lour.

"What mat­ter has to come to the cab­i­net for the cab­i­net to de­ter­mine if a per­son has a deal to turn state wit­ness? What the hell that have to do with the Cab­i­net? That is a mat­ter for the state's le­gal de­part­ment, ful­ly staffed by lawyers, lead by an at­tor­ney gen­er­al the DPP and the courts," he said,.

"So why is the UNC and I want to say to me­dia too why you all ask­ing you all know some­thing else? But you see when Mrs Per­sad starts her stu­pid­ness the echo cham­ber is the me­dia in­stead of ask­ing what does the cab­i­net have to do with that what does the prime min­is­ter have to do with that," Row­ley said.