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Trinidad and Tobago president, George Maxwell Richards, is to seek legal advice before he decides whether or not to fire chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Nizam Mohammed for making racist comments last week. Link to story: http://bit.ly/hoyOSzRichards had a two hour meeting with Mohammed on Friday afternoon when the issue was discussed, but no decision was taken. Mohammed said that he was not a racist and that his statement of imbalance in the police force does not have a racial connotation and called on all to look at the Hansard -- the official transcript. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said that she would not condone racial conflict and said that the decision if or not to discipline Mohammed rests with Richards. Minister of Works, Jack Warner, said that Mohammed should resign, and the attorney for the PSC chairman, Israel Khan SC, disclosed that there is no legal basis for the president to remove Mohammed from office, but at the same time he said that he should resign.http://bit.ly/hoyOSz
<span style="font-weight: bold"> Confirmed : # Trinidad president to...aribNewsNow)...</span>
Trinidad and Tobago president, George Maxwell Richards, is to seek legal advice before he decides whether or not to fire chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Nizam Mohammed for making racist comments last week. Link to story: http://bit.ly/hoyOSzRichards had a two hour meeting with Mohammed on Friday afternoon when the issue was discussed, but no decision was taken. Mohammed said that he was not a racist and that his statement of imbalance in the police force does not have a racial connotation and called on all to look at the Hansard -- the official transcript. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar said that she would not condone racial conflict and said that the decision if or not to discipline Mohammed rests with Richards. Minister of Works, Jack Warner, said that Mohammed should resign, and the attorney for the PSC chairman, Israel Khan SC, disclosed that there is no legal basis for the president to remove Mohammed from office, but at the same time he said that he should resign.http://bit.ly/hoyOSz