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The bill to re­peal the Trinidad and To­ba­go Rev­enue Au­thor­i­ty (TTRA) Act passed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives just af­ter 1:15 a.m. on Sat­ur­day, with 27 votes in favour—in­clud­ing sup­port from To­ba­go East MP David Thomas of the To­ba­go Peo­ple's Par­ty, who vot­ed with the gov­ern­ment.

To­ba­go West MP Joel Samp­son was ab­sent for the vote. On the op­po­si­tion bench­es, 11 of the 13 Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) MPs vot­ed against the bill. Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les and Trinci­ty/Mal­oney MP Camille Robin­son-Reg­is were both ab­sent.

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo, in wrap­ping up the de­bate, seized on the ab­sences.