Akash Sama­roo

For­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has dis­missed sug­ges­tions that Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar se­cured a diplo­mat­ic vic­to­ry at the re­cent Cari­com Heads of Gov­ern­ment Meet­ing, say­ing in­stead that re­gion­al lead­ers “bailed out Trinidad and To­ba­go from it­self” af­ter what he de­scribed as an un­nec­es­sary for­eign pol­i­cy dis­pute.

Row­ley was re­spond­ing to claims that Per­sad-Bisses­sar emerged vic­to­ri­ous af­ter Cari­com lead­ers agreed to seek an ad­vi­so­ry opin­ion from the Caribbean Court of Jus­tice (CCJ) on is­sues sur­round­ing the reap­point­ment process of Cari­com Sec­re­tary Gen­er­al Dr Car­la Bar­nett.