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Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader Kelvon Morris is warning that if a May 22 motion listed for debate at the legislature is passed, Tobagonians will lose control of Tobago’s future.

The motion tabled by Chief Secretary Farley Augustine, calls on the government, through the Attorney General and the Chief Parliamentary Counsel, to work with the THA to expand its legislative and regulatory authority over key areas in the Fifth Schedule, and to draft the necessary legal amendments in collaboration with the THA’s legal team.

It also wants government to review all previous versions of the Tobago autonomy bills with input from the THA, identify areas of consensus and refinement, and reintroduce the bills in Parliament at the shortest possible period.