Port-of-Spain: Acting prime minister Jack Warner says the decision by the president for dismiss the chairman of the Police Service Commission is a sign that the government would not allow anyone to divide the country on the basis of race.
Minister Warner issued the following statement at 1pm today:
"I wish to acknolwege the action take by His Excellency President George Maxwell Richards on the revocation of Nizam Mohammed as Chairman of the Police Service Commission.
His Excellency's carefully deliberated action is a clear indication that as a nation we are not prepared to countenance any statement that threatens the unity of our national state.
This has been an extremely difficult moment for the President but what we can be absolutely assured of is a Head of State and a government that will always put the well-being of all its citizens first before sectoral interests, which interests can easily divide us. Regardless of how painful such action may be, as a government elected by the people of Trinidad and Tobago, we will always strive to do what is right."
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is in Washington on official business.
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