The People's partnership government in Trinidad and Tobago is moving quickly to fulfill its election pledges.And Attorney General Anand Ramlogan made it clear on his first official day in office Tuesday that his top priority is to take legislation to parliament to end the controversial property tax.
That is one of the priority issues on the 32-item list that the coalition promised to get done in the first 120 days.
It was also a promise that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar made during her campaign for the leadership of the United National Congress (UNC).
Ramlogan expects to have the documentation ready in time for the opening of Parliament on June 14.
"Rest assured that would be among our top priorities...the abolition of the property tax, you can take it that that can be completed in a matter of days," Ramlogan told reporters.
Ramlogan also said when his predecessor John Jeremie met with him before the official handover both men talks about the Calder Hart investigation in relation to possible perjury charges arising out of the Commission of Enquiry into UDeCOTT and the construction sector.
Ramlogan told reporters he expects a report about the Hart investigation before the end of this week.
Hart faces several possible charges relating to his denial of any relationship between his wife and two directors of Sunway Construction Ltd, formerly CH Development Ltd, which was awarded a $368 million contract for the Ministry of Legal Affairs Towers in 2005.
Hart later awarded Sunway an additional $300 million contract to outfit the building. At the time Hart was executive chairman of UDeCOTT.
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