The Twelfth Ses­sion of Par­lia­ment is ex­pect­ed to com­mence this Fri­day 28th Au­gust 2020, at the Red House.

Con­fir­ma­tion has come from the Min­istry of Com­mu­ni­ca­tions (in the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter).

In an ad­vi­so­ry is­sued to­day, the Min­istry states that “Cab­i­net has giv­en in­struc­tions to Her Ex­cel­len­cy the Pres­i­dent to pro­claim the start of the Twelfth Ses­sion of Par­lia­ment”.

Cab­i­net is ex­pect­ed to rat­i­fy the pro­claimed date and time at the next Cab­i­net Meet­ing, which is sched­uled for to­mor­row, Wednes­day 26th Au­gust 2020.

The Min­istry’s re­lease al­so in­clud­ed the Procla­ma­tion is­sued by Pres­i­dent Paula-Mae Weekes, ex­cerpt­ed be­low…

A PROCLA­MA­TION

WHERE­AS it is pro­vid­ed by sub­sec­tion (1) of sec­tion 67 of the Con­sti­tu­tion of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go that each ses­sion of Par­lia­ment shall be held at such place with­in Trinidad and To­ba­go and shall com­mence at such time as the Pres­i­dent may by Procla­ma­tion ap­point:

Now, there­fore, I, PAULA-MAE WEEKES, Pres­i­dent as afore­said, do here­by ap­point the Red House, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, as the place at which the First Ses­sion of the Twelfth Par­lia­ment of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go shall be held and 10.30 a.m. on Fri­day the 28th day of Au­gust, 2020, as the time at which the said Ses­sion shall com­mence.

Giv­en un­der my hand and the Seal of the Pres­i­dent of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go at the Of­fice of the Pres­i­dent, St. Ann’s_______ this _______ day of _______, 2020.