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Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath says sev­er­al mat­ters aris­ing from foren­sic in­ves­ti­ga­tions in­to state en­ti­ties will be re­ferred to the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al.

Con­tribut­ing to the de­bate on the Ap­pro­pri­a­tion (Fi­nan­cial Year 2027) Bill, 2026, in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day, Padarath lev­elled al­le­ga­tions of fi­nan­cial ir­reg­u­lar­i­ties, ques­tion­able pro­cure­ment prac­tices and weak cor­po­rate over­sight at state agen­cies un­der the pre­vi­ous Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) ad­min­is­tra­tion.

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He iden­ti­fied mat­ters in­volv­ing the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), the Na­tion­al Main­te­nance Train­ing and Se­cu­ri­ty Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (MTS) and Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT), in­sist­ing his dis­clo­sures were sup­port­ed by foren­sic and in­ves­tiga­tive re­ports.