Gopeesingh wants full account for $30M recovered from Airport project

Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh plans to write to Attorney General John Jeremie asking him to state publicly what the government of Trinidad and Tobago plans to do with the $30 million it has recovered from companies involved in the Piarco Airport development project.

The Government and two parties involved in the $1.6 billion terminal building project have reached an agreement to repay the government the $30 million.

This payment would bring to $250 million the amount that the government has recovered following a forensic audit of the billion-dollar project.

A media release from the Ministry of the Attorney General Monday stated that the recovery of the money results from a court order issued last Monday based on a settlement reached in a Miami, Florida, last Friday.

Gopeesingh said all of that money belongs to the Trinidad and Tobago taxpayers and he wants to make sure there is a full accounting for the money.

"This is crucial because the government engages in full scale thievery and rape of the Treasury," Gopeesingh said in a posting on his Facebook wall.

"I call on all to support the UNC's efforts to get rid of the corrupt PNM regime," he said.