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Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander and Minister in the Ministry of Public Utilities Clyde Elder appeared to advance certain Tobago matters in the Senate on November 14, ahead of the upcoming Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election.

The sitting also saw the appointment of former THA minority leader Ashworth Jack as a temporary government senator. Jack is the former leader of the defunct Tobago Organisation of the People (TOP), one of the parties which formed the then UNC-led People's Partnership (PP) coalition government of 2010-2015.

In response to a question from Opposition Senator Melanie Roberts-Radgman about fatal shootings in Tobago in April and May, Alexander said police are given timelines in which to complete investigations into such matters.