00:00Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Bassassar has announced that the government intends to bring legislation before the parliament that guarantees two
00:07Tobago senators.
00:11Today I am pleased to announce that my government proposes to introduce legislation in our parliament to amend our constitution
00:21to guarantee Tobago two Senate seats.
00:32And this will be in addition to your two guaranteed seats in the House.
00:37The PM says the two senators will be appointed by the president from the nine senators which the president usually
00:44chooses.
00:46My proposal is, I'm advancing this, what was this proposal, is that you, the president of the republic, whoever he
00:54or she may be, whichever party put them or don't put them,
00:57that in addition to appointing nine senators, out of those nine senators, these two must be from the island of
01:08Tobago.
01:10Well, that story takes us to tonight's People in Utah.
01:13We're asking you, do you agree that the constitution should be changed to guarantee two Tobago seats among the nine
01:20senators appointed by the president?
01:23To vote, text yes or no to the number 766-4886 or 766-4TV6.
01:29We'll have the results for you at the end of this newscast.
01:32Good news.
