Leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Prakash Ramadhar says the May 15 meeting between Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley and Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon at Gordon’s residence was inappropriate.
The COP is a unit in the People’s Partnership Government. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Attorney General Anand Ramlogan have already criticised Rowley and Gordon for the meeting, which was held five days before Rowley presented a motion of no-confidence in Persad-Bissessar for debate in the Parliament. Ramadhar said yesterday his party “continues to stand by the position that all holders of public office must uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct.”
Ramadhar said the private meeting between Rowley and Gordon “was wholly inappropriate and its only effect would have been to render the commission, or at least its chairman, ineligible to conduct any investigation or subsequent proceedings arising out of it, into the matters raised by the Leader of the Opposition during the no-confidence debate.”