Tobago moves closer to self government

The Government, intent on fulfilling its election and manifesto promise of internal self-Government for the people of Tobago, met this afternoon with Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles and other members of the THA at the THA's Administrative Building in Scarborough.

Leader of Government Business and Minister of Planning and Development, Camille Robinson-Regis and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Fitzgerald Hinds will lead a team which includes Chief Parliamentary Counsel, Ian Mcintyre (SC), Samraj Harripaul of the Law Reform Commission and an officer from the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs.

The THA's legal team, led by Gilbert Peterson (SC), will also attend the meeting, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister.

It is expected that the work coming out of this meeting will be instrumental in advancing a draft Bill for Tobago's Internal Self-Government to the Parliament.