Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha’s (SDMS) Sat Maharaj is calling on Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to fire Finance Minister Colm Imbert.
Speaking at an SDMS Indian Arrival Day event at the Parvati Girls Hindu College in Debe yesterday, Maharaj drew laughter from the crowd when he suggested his grandmother as a replacement for the minister.
Noting that T&T is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Maharaj said: “Yet everyday we are told that we are in a recession and we do not have money and therefore we must make more sacrifices.
“I want to use this platform to ask the Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to have an immediate reshuffle in his Cabinet and what I recommend that you do sir, is that you immediately replace Colm Imbert as Minister of Finance and appoint my grandmother as the Minister of Finance.”
Maharaj said Imbert does not know how to handle tough economic times.
“I believe that old lady has more savvy than Colm Imbert. All Colm Imbert has is mouth and action, no brain power at all. They had been born with a gold spoon in their mouth therefore they don’t know how to eat maar and baat—that is rice and the part you strain out.”
Maharaj also called for Education Minister Anthony Garcia, who he said was a former friend, to hand over two unfinished schools in Debe for the Maha Sabha to complete.
“Give us Ramai Trace Hindu School just as it is and we will complete it. Give us Reform Hindu School just as it is and we will complete it,” he said.
“We will collect cent and penny from our devotees and we will complete it. We will have people working 24 hours a day to ensure that these two schools are completed—this is a challenge to you.”
