IF the contents of a video circulating on social media featuring National Security Minister Stuart Young is true, then he must immediately resign or be fired.
This is according to public relations officer of the United National Congress (UNC) Dr Kirk Meighoo who said the video demonstrated Young’s unfairness and inequity in granting exemptions to citizens who “are unconstitutionally locked out abroad by him.”
Meighoo said preference was given to People’s National Movement (PNM) supporters.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Meighoo asked, “One wonders, who else applied for an exemption at the same time as the woman in the leaked PNM party group video? Were they also granted exemptions? If the person in the video followed the official process that the rest of the country is required to, why does the minister direct her to the PNM party group chairman? What part of the approval process is this? Are exemptions still based on the whim and fancy of the minister?”
See video posted on the Broadcasting Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago Facebook page:
Listing out sections of the Constitution, Meighoo once again reiterated the UNC’s statements that all citizens had the right to return home.
“All our citizens must be brought home now, without political favouritism and discrimination. Additionally, Stuart Young must resign or be fired forthwith, if this Government has any sense of decency or legitimacy,” he said.
