Akash Sama­roo

Op­po­si­tion MP for Laven­tille East/Mor­vant Chris­t­ian Birch­wood is ac­cus­ing the Gov­ern­ment of fun­da­men­tal­ly mis­un­der­stand­ing the pur­pose of the Mil­i­tary-Led Aca­d­e­m­ic Train­ing (Mi­LAT) pro­gramme, ar­gu­ing that it was nev­er in­tend­ed to be judged on fi­nan­cial vi­a­bil­i­ty.

The crit­i­cism comes af­ter De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge an­nounced that Mi­LAT had been sus­pend­ed while the Gov­ern­ment re­views its fi­nan­cial vi­a­bil­i­ty and ex­plores op­tions to re­struc­ture the pro­gramme.