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MINISTER in the Office of the Prime Minister Phillip Alexander has apologised for parking in a disabled parking spot and presented a cheque to a disability organisation in the amount of the $2,000 fine he could have received.

On March 15, images of Alexander were shared on social media by former minister Randall Mitchell which captured him parking in a disabled parking spot in front of SuperPharm in Maraval. The minister responded in his own post claiming a security guard told him to park in the disabled spot.

In a video posted to his Facebook page yesterday with #ParkingSpotGate, he appeared with chairman of the Trinidad and Tobago Chapter of Disabled Peoples International (TTCDPI) Andre Herbert and secretary Usha Rampersad at the SuperPharm parking spot.