To immediately revoke the Ministerial portfolio of Anil Roberts.

The Issue

WHEREAS, the audit into the LifeSport programme, a brainchild of Minister of Sports Anil Roberts, has unearthed massive corruption, millions of dollars of tax payers' money lost and the laws of Trinidad & Tobago breached-

WHEREAS, the Hon. Prime Minister expressed her own “shock”, “deep, personal disappointment and dismay that a programme that was intended to save lives, to build lives, was used by a group of people for fraud and personal gain”-

WHEREAS, the approval given by Cabinet was not strictly adhered to -

WHEREAS, there may have been breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act-

                                                    AND

WHEREAS, the minister was seen in a video, viewed by millions around the world with prostitutes participating in the use of an illegal substance-

WHEREAS, the ministers' response created a precedent for other citizens, who appear in video footage breaking the law, to avoid prosecution by using the "Anil Defense"-

WHEREAS, the minister continues to bring SHAME AND DISGRACE to the people of Trinidad & Tobago-

The citizens of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago hereby demand that the Hon. Prime Minister immediately advise His Excellency the President Anthony Carmona to revoke the ministerial portfolio of Anil Roberts.

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Nicholas Marcus ThompsonPetition StarterNicholas Marcus Thompson is a Trinidadian-Canadian Social Justice Advocate based in Toronto, Canada.

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The Issue

WHEREAS, the audit into the LifeSport programme, a brainchild of Minister of Sports Anil Roberts, has unearthed massive corruption, millions of dollars of tax payers' money lost and the laws of Trinidad & Tobago breached-

WHEREAS, the Hon. Prime Minister expressed her own “shock”, “deep, personal disappointment and dismay that a programme that was intended to save lives, to build lives, was used by a group of people for fraud and personal gain”-

WHEREAS, the approval given by Cabinet was not strictly adhered to -

WHEREAS, there may have been breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act-

                                                    AND

WHEREAS, the minister was seen in a video, viewed by millions around the world with prostitutes participating in the use of an illegal substance-

WHEREAS, the ministers' response created a precedent for other citizens, who appear in video footage breaking the law, to avoid prosecution by using the "Anil Defense"-

WHEREAS, the minister continues to bring SHAME AND DISGRACE to the people of Trinidad & Tobago-

The citizens of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago hereby demand that the Hon. Prime Minister immediately advise His Excellency the President Anthony Carmona to revoke the ministerial portfolio of Anil Roberts.

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Nicholas Marcus ThompsonPetition StarterNicholas Marcus Thompson is a Trinidadian-Canadian Social Justice Advocate based in Toronto, Canada.

The Decision Makers

Hon. Kamla Persad Bissessar MP, SC
Hon. Kamla Persad Bissessar MP, SC
Prime Minister, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
His Excellency Anthony Carmona
His Excellency Anthony Carmona
President, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago

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