The Guardian newspaper said T&TEC communications manager Annabelle Brasnell confirmed confirmed that Cyrille, 58, has been sent on “pre-retirement leave.” His planned retirement date was December 22, 2012.
Cyrille told the paper T&TEC chairman Omar Khan and deputy chairman Susilla Ramkissoon-Mark summoned him last Friday and told him to leave immediately. He said they claimed that they were unhappy with his inability to meet deadlines and his opposition to policies which the company wanted to implement.
“I was told that the political directorate was not happy with my performance,” the paper quoted Cyrille as saying.
The paper said it contacted Khan who said, "It’s something that’s still being discussed at the board level and I don’t want to make a statement on it. You’ll get something soon.”
The Guardian said the decision about Cyrille was ratified at a board meeting on Monday. Assistant GM of Distribution Kelvin Ramsook is now acting in the post.
The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union, which represents T&TEC workers, said it met with Khan and Ramkissoon-Mark who reported that the board was not satisfied with Cyrille’s performance with regard to timeliness.
However the union said it is not convinced with that explanation and suggested it was "something more sinister than that."
Cyrille insisted that he did nothing wrong. "I feel my job as general manager was to advise the board and there were certain things done which were not consistent with proper governance," he told the Guardian.
T&TEC is currently facing a criminal probe by the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau for its street-lighting programme and a forensic audit by the office of the Attorney General.
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