Sunday, October 23, 2011

Devant not surprised to hear Yuille-Williams comments on scholarship fund

Transport Minister Devant Maharaj is not surprised to hear former community development minister Joan Yuille-Williams' denial of ethnic discrimination in the disbursement of scholarship money from a State fund.

Maharaj raised the issue of the scholarships when he was a community activist during the years that the Manning PNM administration was in office.

He told the Sunday Express Yuille-Williams has responded as he "expected", adding that the facts reported by the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) speak for themselves.

"The EOC was appointed by the PNM, so there can be no question of objectivity here," Maharaj told the paper oN Saturday.

"The facts paint a different picture to what the former minister is saying, which is what I expected her to say. This is damage control, without addressing the issue."

Maharaj is due to meet with the Commission on Tuesday for a conciliation hearing on the injustice rendered to him. He will be accompanied by his attorney, Christlyn Moore.

Maharaj said he feels he has accomplished much of what he set out to do.

"I feel that this fund was used for the grooming of people in a Patrick Manning clique, who were to replace others in the PNM at some point," he said. "What I want is for this not to be repeated."

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Our family at home in Toronto 2008

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