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Former journalist and Independent Senator, who is also Director of the Lloyd Best Institute, Sunity Maharaj, is arguing that it is left to be seen what impact former trade union leaders who now have ministerial positions in the new United National Congress (UNC) Government will have.
“In our system, the only powerful person is the Prime Minister and you just put somebody out of the Cabinet tomorrow if they do not comply. It is as easy as that. It comes back to the whole construct of the constitution and the distribution of power,” she said.
On Wednesday, Maharaj spoke at a seminar on the significance of May Day for Labour in T&T at the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies, Valsayn.
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