Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine says he is still think­ing about the elec­tion date and pray­ing on it, even though the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) was dis­solved this week and the le­gal count­down for the poll has al­ready be­gun.

The an­nounce­ment of the date is one of the fi­nal steps need­ed to trig­ger the for­mal start of To­ba­go’s elec­tion pe­ri­od, but Au­gus­tine made it clear he is not rush­ing the process.

He said he has not yet ad­vised the Prime Min­is­ter or the Pres­i­dent of a date, which is re­quired un­der law be­fore the elec­tion ma­chin­ery can be­gin.