MINISTER of Public Utilities Barry Padarath expects a new Cepep board of directors to be named very soon, he told Newsday on July 11, and as such he opted not to discuss Cepep matters.

This came after Laventille West MP Kareem Marcelle told a PNM rally at Beetham Gardens that he has filed to seek an injunction to halt the government’s termination of Cepep contracts, the hearing of which comes up in the High Court on July 18.

At the same rally, St Ann’s East MP Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly had implored the government to provide food cards and book grants to the families of workers terminated from Cepep, and to reverse the termination of the Cepep contracts.