The cur­rent board of the Com­mu­ni­ty-based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) is con­sid­er­ing le­gal ac­tion against its pre­de­ces­sors over an al­leged breach of fidu­cia­ry du­ty in con­nec­tion with the con­tro­ver­sial re­new­al of con­tracts on the eve of the April 28 gen­er­al elec­tion.

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath told Guardian Me­dia, “CEPEP’s board has con­sult­ed me, and we are look­ing at the li­a­bil­i­ty of the for­mer PNM (Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment) board in this fi­as­co.”

Padarath added, “There­fore, we in­tend on ini­ti­at­ing le­gal ac­tion against the for­mer PNM board with re­spect to breach­ing their fidu­cia­ry du­ty through civ­il pro­ceed­ings.”