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The Trinidad and To­ba­go Pro­mot­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTPA) and rep­re­sen­ta­tives of South Trinidad cul­tur­al in­sti­tu­tions have warned the Gov­ern­ment that they may seek le­gal reme­dies af­ter abrupt bans on key event venues jeop­ar­dised prepa­ra­tions for Car­ni­val 2026.

The warn­ings came dur­ing a joint press con­fer­ence yes­ter­day, which was called af­ter a let­ter was sent to Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar re­quest­ing a re­sponse with­in 24 hours. No re­ply was re­ceived up to the time of the brief­ing.

Dami­an Ba­boolal, rep­re­sent­ing the Na­pari­ma Col­lege As­so­ci­a­tion of Past Stu­dents and South Trinidad event pro­duc­ers, said the ban on the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my site has “com­plete­ly dis­en­fran­chised the peo­ple of South Trinidad from host­ing large-scale cul­tur­al events.”