AKASH SAMA­ROO

Tech­ni­cal of­fi­cers from the Min­istry of Works and In­fra­struc­ture are in­creas­ing­ly re­luc­tant to at­tend Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment co­or­di­nat­ing meet­ings across Trinidad be­cause of what se­nior of­fi­cials de­scribe as a pat­tern of dis­re­spect­ful and de­grad­ing treat­ment by elect­ed rep­re­sen­ta­tives at re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions.

The is­sue emerged yes­ter­day dur­ing a sit­ting of Par­lia­ment’s Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee (JSC) ex­am­in­ing the per­for­mance of mu­nic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tions, with a par­tic­u­lar fo­cus on road re­pairs and main­te­nance.