Uff commission to miss Feb. 28 deadline to file report

The Trinidad Guardian reported Friday that the Commission of Inquiry into UDeCOTT and the Construction Sector in Trinidad and Tobago would not file its final report by the February 28 deadline set by President Max Richards.

The four-member commission was headed by British Professor John Uff. It was originally supposed to complete the report by October 2009 but the probe was extended and the new deadline set.

The Guardian said the February 28 deadline won't be met because of a judicial review case filed by UDeCOTT against Uff, and commissioners Kenneth Sirju and Desmond Thornhill, claiming bias.

Justice Mira Dean-Armorer has reserved her judgment in the matter and plans to give her ruling on March 5, 2010.

The commission began sitting on January 12, 2009. Hearings ended on December 8, 2009.