Port-of-Spain: There is an admission from the Prime Minister's National Security Advisor captain Gary Griffith that a presentation was made to him about the use of a light aircraft as a surviellance tool for the police but he says the never saw it necessary to tell the prime minister about it.
As head of the National Security Council the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has made it clear she's unaware of the highly controversial deal to purchase a light aircraft as a crime fighting mechanism.
Griffith admits that while he knew about it when a presentation was made to him in June last year, he did not think it was necessary to tell the prime minister because he felt the police were better suited to handle it.
Griffith admits that even after the issue was raised in Parliament on Friday, he did not tell the prime minister that a presentation was made to him.
He insists that the police are the ones who are in the position to decide for themselves whether this was a viable option and he left it up to them to decide.
National Security Minister Brigadier John Sandy has requested a report from the Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs on how the deal came about.
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