Al-Rawi questions Cabinet’s role in withdrawal of former PM’s security detail

Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment PRO Faris Al-Rawi is rais­ing se­ri­ous con­cerns about the Cab­i­net’s de­ci­sion to with­draw the se­cu­ri­ty de­tail of for­mer prime min­is­ter Stu­art Young.

Speak­ing in his ca­pac­i­ty as a for­mer mem­ber of the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil, Al-Rawi ques­tioned the le­git­i­ma­cy and ap­pro­pri­ate­ness of such a move be­ing tak­en by the Cab­i­net rather than law en­force­ment au­thor­i­ties.

“I am sur­prised, as a for­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al and as a for­mer mem­ber of the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil, that the Cab­i­net of Trinidad and To­ba­go can make a de­ci­sion as to a na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty is­sue. I’m very sur­prised at that,” he said.