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The Eman­ci­pa­tion Sup­port Com­mit­tee of Trinidad and To­ba­go (ES­CTT) has called for an in­de­pen­dent in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the dis­rup­tion of 2025 Ca­lyp­so Monarch Helon Fran­cis’ per­for­mance at Di­manche Gras on Car­ni­val Sun­day night.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, the ES­CTT con­demned the in­ter­rup­tion of Fran­cis’ per­for­mance of Doh For­get as a de­lib­er­ate dis­rup­tion of the broad­cast au­dio, not­ing that view­ers at home and across the di­as­po­ra were first be­wil­dered and then be­gan to ques­tion whether pol­i­tics played a part in cen­sor­ing the young ca­lyp­son­ian.

The com­mit­tee high­light­ed that Min­is­ter in the Prime Min­is­ter’s Of­fice, Bar­ry Padarath, had re­mind­ed the pub­lic that Di­manche Gras is a state-spon­sored event, cau­tion­ing that State sup­port should not be mis­in­ter­pret­ed as state con­trol.