Port-of-Spain: The Opposition, PNM, is calling on Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs to continue his investigation into the allegations of bribery against Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner, despite his resignation from FIFA
A statement from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition says that as a minister of government , Warner's resignation from FIFA comes one year too late.
It says that his voluntary withdrawal from FIFA occasioned by the recent international scandal which saw the FIFA president being elected unopposed, is meant to protect his position in the Cabinet and preserve his control of TT football, a scenario which would not have been tenable if a completed FIFA enquiry resulted in any necessary sanctions against him by the world governing body of football.
the statement goes on to say that it is because the opposition always understood that ethics and integrity are alien concepts in the operations of FIFA, "why we have focused our attention on determining whether trinidad and tobago laws have been broken by functionaries of FIFA and the CFU who were alleged by FIFA to have conducted corrupt fifa business within our borders".
The statement adds that Warner's resignation from FIFA must in no way deter the commissioner of police from pursuing thorough investigations into determining whether any persons may have broken our currency laws or aided and abetted others to so do.
The statement ends by saying, "it is now to be seen whether FIFA will cooperate with the commissioner of police in maintaining FIFA allegations against parties and supply the commissioner with the requested information or whether it will continue to protect "family members" in the finest traditions of the "cosa nostra" code of silence".
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