Trinidad and Tobago opposition leader, Keith Rowley, has criticised the government over the hiring and firing of employees.
He told a public meeting on Tuesday night that 4,000 contract employees in the public service will lose their jobs because government will not renew their contracts, as a result of improper and hiring and firing practices by government.The Trinidad Express newspaper reported that the opposition leader also disclosed hundreds of community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) workers will be jobless after 17 contractors were given notices that their contracts will not be renewed by government.
Rowley said that Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar during her election campaign promised to serve the people, but said “she is shafting the people”.
He pointed out that 65 contracts were handed out to government supporters. There was no advertisement, and the contractors were handpicked.
In a fiery speech, Rowley spoke out against the hiring of the inexperienced and unqualified 31-year-old Reshmi Ramnarine for the top post as head of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).
