Trinidad junior minister fired
Mon, August 27, 2012 - 10:00 AM
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has fired her junior national security minister Collin Patrap after he was detained by police for failing to take a breathalyser test on Saturday night.
Prime Minister Persad Bissessar said in a brief statement that she had advised President Professor George Maxwell Richards “ to revoke the appointment of Minister Collin Partap with immediate effect.
“This decision was made subsequent to reports received from the Ministry of National Security and Mr Collin Partap.” (CMC)
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