Trinidad Opposition wants enquiry into assassination plot

Trinidad’s Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley has called for a Commission of Inquiry to probe allegations of a plot, to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and senior members of her cabinet.



Police on Monday freed 17 men, who had been detained in connection with the alleged plot.



Speaking at a news conference, Rowley told reporters that the government should appoint a Commission of Inquiry and that its hearings be held in public.



On November 24, Prime Minister Persad Bissessar told the nation that she was not surprised that the authorities had uncovered the plot to assassinate her and members of her cabinet, since the introduction of the State of Emergency on August 21 had forced the criminal elements to seek reprisals.