Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Saturday called for the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the Commissioner of Police (CoP) to investigate all allegations against Calder Hart, chairman of UDeCOTT.The opposition leader made the call shortly after Hart quit and left the country with his family to return to his native Canada. Prime Minister Patrick Manning also left Saturday; he has gone to London for a Commonwealth Day event.
Hart did not give a reason for his sudden departure but in a media release he said "it had been a privilege to have served on the Board of the institution."
Persad-Bissessar was attending a forum organised by the Network of NGOs of Trinidad and Tobago at the Cascadia Hotel, St Ann’s when she learned about Hart's resignation and made the announcement to the media.
She praised the work of the "responsible media" for helping cause Hart's resignation, adding that the media and political pressure led to it.
"Mr Calder Hart may have been forced to resign under the weight of evidence in the full glare of the public eye but that is not the end of the story," she said.
She said now there must be a full investigation into all the allegations against Hart, including details to come in the report of the Uff Commission of Enquiry.
The UNC leader also said she plans to refile the motion seeking debate on Hart's activities and UDeCOTT. On Friday the motion failed when opposition MPs Basdeo Panday and Kelvin Ramnath abstained in the vote.
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