Trinidad & Tobago Challenges CARICOM Sec-Gen Reappointment

Trinidad and Tobago is calling for a meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to address the reappointment of Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett, insisting that Port of Spain was “deliberately uninvited” to the meeting where the agreement was reached in St. Kitts and Nevis in February.  

CARICOM and Foreign Affairs Minister Sean Sobers says Port of Spain would seek a meeting of CARICOM to challenge the reappointment, adding that fresh elections could also be placed on the table.  Trinidad and Tobago has said that three letters sent to relevant personnel on the issue have gone unanswered, with Sobers saying “no acknowledgement and no response is very, very troubling.”