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Even as some sec­tors of To­ba­go con­tin­ued to ex­press con­cern with the lat­est de­ci­sion by Gov­ern­ment to al­low the Unit­ed States mil­i­tary ac­cess to this coun­try’s air­ports, Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine says he was not made aware of the de­ci­sion to grant such per­mis­sion pri­or to Mon­day’s me­dia re­lease from the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs.

“I saw it from a press re­lease to­day (Mon­day), so while I was can­vass­ing, I saw the press re­lease out to the pub­lic, so I take it that the Gov­ern­ment sought to in­form every­body, in­clud­ing my­self, at the same time, but we had no pri­or dis­cus­sion about it,” Au­gus­tine told the me­dia on Mon­day, not­ing he had not been con­sult­ed be­fore the move was tak­en.

Au­gus­tine added that if the com­mu­ni­ca­tion was dis­patched by the Chief Ad­min­is­tra­tor and through the of­fice of the Min­istry of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs, it could have ar­rived at the of­fice be­fore be­ing made pub­lic.