Pan Trinbago is openly accusing the Government - via the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts and the National Carnival Commission - of trying a hostile takeover of their organisation and other stakeholder bodies on the eve of Carnival 2017.
Pan Trinbago officials made the claim in a press release yesterday, hours after meeting to discuss an announcement by Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly on Wednesday that Government plans to conduct a forensic audit of the body after Carnival. Pan Trinbago was said to be owing close to 31 million at the start of the year, according to NCC president Kenny De Silva.
In a strongly-worded release, Pan Trinbago PRO Michael Joseph said the Government and NCC were “hell bent on usurping the role of Pan Trinbago and the two other major interest groups (Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation and the National Carnival Bands Association) in the national festival and the authority given to them by acts of Parliament.”
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Todays Guardian, shows that in defiance PanTrinbago executives are in denial.....
Doctor PM and Minister Dolly bring that government audit on NOW Minister Dolly right now for that foolish insidious act of condemnation to accuse the intervenors of hostile takeover ...before those executive officers BURN DOWN de office like WASA...before de audit even start....... And let the chips fall where they may....for that outta timing remark....please madam...start the audit NOW.......Peace
Truth be told, NCC has a legal mandate...can they remove Diaz ???
LIke they say "he who has the GOLD makes the RULES.
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 14:55
Douglas: Lopez not fired as NCBA President
The Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism, Dr. Lincoln Douglas, has clarified that the President of the National Carnival Bands Association was not fired from the NCBA, but removed from the Board of the National Carnival Commission (NCC).
The Minister clarified the issue on CTV's Good Morning T&T on Tuesday.
"Mr. Lopez is in no way removed as the President of the NCBA. What we are talking about here is the NCBA's nominee on the Board of Directors of the National Carnival Commission. The National Carnival Commission has oversight of all Carnival activities in Trinidad and Tobago."
The Minister also explained that the various Carnival interest groups like Pan Trinbago, TUCO and the NCBA have representatives on the Board of the National Carnival Commission and they have all been requested to submit a report about the aspects of Carnival under their management.
"Two of the Special Interest Groups responded, Pan Trinbago and TUCO, and the only one who didn't respond was the NCBA via Mr. Lopez. We wrote him a second time and said could you send the report and basically his response to that was that it's none of my business. In other words, he said this was confidential to the NCBA."
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