Trinidad and Tobago General Election Could Take Place in September, Hints Finance Minister

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior government minister on Wednesday hinted at the possibility of the general elections due in Trinidad and Tobago later this year being held in the month of September. Finance Minister Colm Imbert, who has served as prime minister on numerous occasion since the ruling People’s National Movement *(PNM) won the September 7, 2015, told a parliamentary committee that there is a possibility that the elections could be held before September 30 this year. Imbert, told the Standing Finance Committee hearing on the increase of TT$43 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) for the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) as part of its preparation for the election. “In this fiscal year, we already have had one election, the Local Government election of November 2019 and it is likely, possible that there may be an election before the end of this fiscal year by September 30,” Imbert said. He told the Committee in anticipation of that possibility “the Ministr...