Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar chairs the council, which includes top security personnel including National Security Minister John Sandy.
Persad-Bissessar asked Sandy earlier this week to get a report on the matter from Commissioner of Police (CoP) Dwayne Gibbs.
Sandy told reporters Wednesday he believes Gibbs was "ill-advised" to pursue leasing the light surveillance aircraft without consulting with him on his plans to do so.
However, he was careful to note that Gibbs can spend up to a million dollars without seeking ministerial authorisation.
"I will not say that he was wrong; he was ill-advised, and I maintain something like that because it is a national security issue; he should have shared it with me or the National Security Council," Sandy said.
Sandy added that he has perused a document on the matter provided by Deputy Commissioner of Police Jack Ewatski and he not not found anything "underhanded" in the deal to lease a light plane for 12 weeks at a cost of just under one million dollars.
Sandy told reporters Wednesday he believes Gibbs was "ill-advised" to pursue leasing the light surveillance aircraft without consulting with him on his plans to do so.
However, he was careful to note that Gibbs can spend up to a million dollars without seeking ministerial authorisation.
"I will not say that he was wrong; he was ill-advised, and I maintain something like that because it is a national security issue; he should have shared it with me or the National Security Council," Sandy said.
Sandy added that he has perused a document on the matter provided by Deputy Commissioner of Police Jack Ewatski and he not not found anything "underhanded" in the deal to lease a light plane for 12 weeks at a cost of just under one million dollars.
He added that the deal had already been signed and will not be scrapped.
Gibbs is attending a conference in the United Kingdom with one of the three deputy commissioners, Stephen Williams. Sandy said when Gibbs returns he would have to explain to him and the National Security Council (NSC) why he did not inform them of the decision to lease the aircraft.
"I am disappointed that we were left out, not so much in the decision making aspect of it. If they were going with that, the least they should have done is alert the minister and alert the NSC," Sandy said.
Gibbs is attending a conference in the United Kingdom with one of the three deputy commissioners, Stephen Williams. Sandy said when Gibbs returns he would have to explain to him and the National Security Council (NSC) why he did not inform them of the decision to lease the aircraft.
"I am disappointed that we were left out, not so much in the decision making aspect of it. If they were going with that, the least they should have done is alert the minister and alert the NSC," Sandy said.
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