Bharath warns of T&T's diplomatic dependence on Washington

It is a bit­ter irony that Trinidad and To­ba­go, which helped bring the In­ter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court (ICC) in­to ex­is­tence, should now turn its back on the court to cur­ry favour with Wash­ing­ton, says for­mer UNC MP/min­is­ter Vas­ant Bharath.

Yes­ter­day, the for­mer min­is­ter ac­cused the Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar Gov­ern­ment of hav­ing an “ob­ses­sion” with Wash­ing­ton and sur­ren­der­ing T&T’s sov­er­eign­ty.

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“It’s clear Wash­ing­ton’s hos­til­i­ty to­wards the ICC is dic­tat­ing T&T’s diplo­mat­ic pos­ture and that this coun­try is firm­ly in Wash­ing­ton’s back pock­et - the re­al cost of this slav­ish, sub­mis­sive align­ment is the dam­age caused to T&T’s na­tion­al in­ter­ests when poli­cies and politi­cians change in Wash­ing­ton,” Bharath warned.