Deputy Mayor Nagessar loses office in Chaguanas Borough

Chagaunas Mayor Natasha Navas has closed the office of deputy mayor of Orlando Nagessar, effectively blocking United National Congress leader Basdeo Panday from using the office as a political meeting place.

Panday met Chaguanas West constituents at the office on two successive Thursdays and had promised to be there every Thursday to meet with and hear concerns of people in Jack Warner's constituency, which he has adopted as "surrogate father".

Warner spoke about the matter at Friday night's political meeting in Panday's Couva North constituency where he opened an office and will begin meeting constituents starting Saturday morning.

The office, he said, had a staff of three, and would be open five days a week, and deal with all issues, personal, political and equal opportunity matters.

Commenting on Nagessar's office he noted that only in the city of Port of Spain the deputy mayor had an exclusive office.

"The Deputy Mayor of Arima has no office. The Deputy Mayor of San Fernando has no office. The Deputy Mayor of Point Fortin has no office but the Deputy Mayor has an office for Bas to meet the constituents of Chaguanas West," he said.

Warner said the space used by Nagessar would now be allocated to the councilors who would each have work stations to do their work and to meet their constituents.