A po­lit­i­cal leader for the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment will be elect­ed at the end of June, when the par­ty con­ducts its in­ter­nal elec­tions.

Au­di­tor Gen­er­al Jai­wantie Ram­dass has with­drawn her high-pro­file law­suit against the Cab­i­net. The case was dropped af­ter the State con­ced­ed, agree­ing to pay Ram­dass’ le­gal costs and ef­fec­tive­ly end­ing the in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher is back at the helm of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), al­beit it may be for just a few days.

Months af­ter he in­ter­act­ed with Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher as one of her sub­or­di­nates, for­mer se­nior su­per­in­ten­dent of po­lice and cur­rent Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der met with his for­mer boss again yes­ter­day. This time, how­ev­er, it was to dis­cuss her re­turn to the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice, af­ter she was cleared of wrong­do­ing in the on­go­ing Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA) probe.

The re­cent court or­der paving the way for the re­in­state­ment of Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher has trig­gered re­newed con­cerns about in­sta­bil­i­ty and pub­lic trust in the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS).

Min­is­ter of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Roger Alexan­der says there have been no dis­cus­sions on who the prospec­tive can­di­dates are to per­ma­nent­ly fill the role of di­rec­tor of the Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA).

While every­one’s talk­ing about Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Er­la Hare­wood-Christo­pher’s re­in­state­ment, for­mer Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC) mem­ber, Prof Ramesh De­osaran, be­lieves Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (DCP) – In­tel­li­gence and In­ves­ti­ga­tions Suzette Mar­tin has ques­tions to an­swer.

A date is ex­pect­ed to be an­nounced soon for the open­ing of Par­lia­ment’s new term—the First Ses­sion of the 13th Par­lia­ment, of­fi­cial sources con­firmed yes­ter­day.

De­spite not re­ceiv­ing a min­is­te­r­i­al port­fo­lio, Con­gress of the Peo­ple (COP) leader Prakash Ra­mad­har says he does not feel slight­ed by the Prime Min­is­ter and sought to as­sure that mat­ters are in the works.

The Na­tion­al Trans­for­ma­tion Al­liance (NTA) has pledged to press ahead with its po­lit­i­cal mis­sion, an­nounc­ing in­ter­nal elec­tions for Sep­tem­ber 5, this year, fol­low­ing the res­ig­na­tion of found­ing po­lit­i­cal leader Gary Grif­fith last week.

Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Sean Sobers be­lieves he can get the Unit­ed King­dom gov­ern­ment to ease its visa re­quire­ments for Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als, as he says a sol­id so­lu­tion has been found.

The labour move­ment is in­ten­si­fy­ing its calls for the re­moval of In­dus­tri­al Court Judge Lar­ry Achong, ac­cus­ing him of bias and mis­con­duct. Labour lead­ers say Achong com­pro­mis­es the cred­i­bil­i­ty and fair­ness of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions sys­tem.