Warner was allowed to keep his post as FIFA Vice President after he became a cabinet minister. However the Prime Minister asked Khan to stop his medical practice or give up his job as Minister of Health.
Khan chose to remain in cabinet. Persad-Bissessar said the real issue in Khan's case is that it would have created conflict if he were continuing to work as a doctor in the ministry for which he was making policy.
She said Warner was allowed to hold his positions as FIFA vice president and Minister of Works and Transport since the FIFA position was "not even something that was here locally, it was an international posting and totally unrelated to the Ministry of Works".
She explained that in Khan was the Minister of Health and at the same time "practising in an industry of which he is a regulator and policy maker, I mean that could never happen."
She explained that the Integrity in Public Life Act does not restrict a person from holding two jobs. What is clear, she said, is that there must not be any conflict of interest.
Persad-Bissessar added, "I think we will have to take it on a case by case basis rather than make a blanket statement, but I believe it is preferable that they do not hold dual positions, I think that is the better policy position."
She said Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has advised on her on a code of ethics for Parliamentarians.
"It doesn't have the force of law but in there is an explicit provision which says you should so organise your private business so as not to be doing both at the same time," she said.
Khan chose to remain in cabinet. Persad-Bissessar said the real issue in Khan's case is that it would have created conflict if he were continuing to work as a doctor in the ministry for which he was making policy.
She said Warner was allowed to hold his positions as FIFA vice president and Minister of Works and Transport since the FIFA position was "not even something that was here locally, it was an international posting and totally unrelated to the Ministry of Works".
She explained that in Khan was the Minister of Health and at the same time "practising in an industry of which he is a regulator and policy maker, I mean that could never happen."
She explained that the Integrity in Public Life Act does not restrict a person from holding two jobs. What is clear, she said, is that there must not be any conflict of interest.
Persad-Bissessar added, "I think we will have to take it on a case by case basis rather than make a blanket statement, but I believe it is preferable that they do not hold dual positions, I think that is the better policy position."
She said Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has advised on her on a code of ethics for Parliamentarians.
"It doesn't have the force of law but in there is an explicit provision which says you should so organise your private business so as not to be doing both at the same time," she said.
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