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Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she will “con­sid­er” giv­ing the Chief Sec­re­tary of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) a per­ma­nent seat on the Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil (NSC).

The is­sue of the Chief Sec­re­tary’s role in se­cu­ri­ty mat­ters sur­faced af­ter Far­ley Au­gus­tine was ini­tial­ly ex­clud­ed from in­for­ma­tion on the To­ba­go radar in­stal­la­tion, with the Prime Min­is­ter not­ing this was so be­cause he is not part of the NSC.