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Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar wast­ed no time out­lin­ing her gov­ern­ment’s leg­isla­tive pri­or­i­ties, nam­ing the re­peal of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Rev­enue Au­thor­i­ty (TTRA) Act as her first or­der of busi­ness mere min­utes af­ter her Cab­i­net was sworn in on Sat­ur­day.

“Our first part of busi­ness is boots on the ground and get to work,” the prime min­is­ter de­clared, stand­ing be­fore a full com­ple­ment of new­ly ap­point­ed min­is­ters. “I want to thank all for the good fight that we fought… but first and fore­most, giv­en our new­ly mint­ed—not for the first time—but At­tor­ney Gen­er­al, our leg­isla­tive agen­da will kick in as we move to open our Par­lia­ment. We want to re­peal the Trinidad and To­ba­go Rev­enue Au­thor­i­ty Act.”

Sad­dam Ho­sein, now Min­is­ter of Le­gal Af­fairs and Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Agri­cul­ture, Land and Fish­eries, will work close­ly with At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie to spear­head this ef­fort.