For­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les has de­liv­ered a scathing cri­tique of the Gov­ern­ment’s man­age­ment of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), warn­ing that re­cent ex­ec­u­tive ap­point­ments sig­nal a re­turn to failed lead­er­ship and ques­tion­able de­ci­sion-mak­ing.

And he has in­di­cat­ed that he has apol­o­gised to for­mer WASA CEO Kei­throy Hal­l­i­day over the Gov­ern­ment’s ter­mi­na­tion of his con­tract.

Speak­ing at a me­dia con­fer­ence at the Op­po­si­tion’s of­fice at Charles Street, Port-of-Spain, yes­ter­day, Gon­za­les crit­i­cised Gov­ern­ment’s di­rect in­ter­ven­tion in the util­i­ty, and took aim at the ap­point­ment of Jee­van Joseph as act­ing WASA CEO of WASA, la­belling him a “non-per­former” dur­ing his pre­vi­ous stint at the util­i­ty and ques­tion­ing the mo­tive be­hind his re­turn.