Trinidad and Tobago Court to rule on Manning's judicial review application
Published:Saturday | February 19, 2011 | 5:41 PM
The Trinidad and Tobago High Court will rule next Friday whether former prime minister Patrick Manning will be allowed a judicial review challenging the decision to send him to the Privileges Committee of Parliament.
The Trinidad Express newspaper reported today that the application was heard in the court this week and that Justice Charmaine Pemberton has instructed that the parties file and exchange submissions next Tuesday.
Justice Pemberton also said she would rule next Friday on whether the courts have the jurisdiction to entertain the application filed by Manning before proceeding further.
On November 26 last year, during a debate in Parliament, Manning claimed that Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar's private house was being built at a cost of millions of dollars and was even larger than the official residence of the Prime Minister.