Transparency group wants new protocol for government ministers

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) is calling for the establishment of an ethical protocol for government ministers who are facing serious allegations. TTTI said that the protocol should an agreement that any cabinet member facing serious allegations must step down from office In a release, TTTI said that it was making the recommendations in the aftermath of a report by the CONCACAF Integrity Committee, headed by former Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Simmons, that slammed as "fraudulent in their management” the conduct of the soccer confederation's affairs by former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner, who headed the body for 20 years and Chuck Blazer, who served as general secretary.