Kamla fires junior minister

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has fired her junior national security minister Collin Patrap after he was detained by police for failing to take a breathalyser test on Saturday night.



Prime Minister Persad Bissessar said in a brief statement that she had advised President Professor George Maxwell Richards to revoke the appointment of Minister Collin Partap with immediate effect.



She said the decision was made subsequent to reports received from the Ministry of National Security and from Partap himself.



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