This year's Tobago Day celebrations will be used to advance the agenda of Tobago’s autonomy, says THA Chief Secretary Farley Augustine.
Addressing the launch of Tobago Day celebrations at the Shaw Park Cultural Complex last Friday, Augustine said for Tobago to achieve autonomy, the Parliament has to be engaged.
“That means both major parties in Trinidad must be engaged because the leading party does not have a majority large enough for the constitutional change that is required. So it would mean that the entire Parliament – those who are on the government side...those in the opposition and the independent senators. Those three must be engaged by Tobago, and I am hoping that that engagement won’t be Farley Augustine as Chief secretary only, but it will be the coming together of Tobagonians, regardless of political persuasions, to make those advances on behalf of the people of Tobago.”
He said while celebrating independence is important, December 4 is equally important, as he called on Tobagonians to celebrate Tobago Day with as much patriotism as they can muster. Read More
George, K. (2023, November 21). Tobago Day celebrations will advance island’s fight for autonomy - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Newsday.co.tt. https://newsday.co.tt/2023/11/21/tobago-day-celebrations-will-advance-islands-fight-for-autonomy/
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