OPPOSITION LEADER KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR HAS CALLED FOR THE REMOVAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL REGINALD ARMOUR S.C. WHO SHE ACCUSED OF LYING ON OATH TO A MIAMI COURT IN A CIVIL MATTER AGAINST PERSONS ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION IN THE PIARCO AIRPORT TERMINAL CASE.
• SPEAKING AT THE UNC’S VIRTUAL REPORT ON MONDAY JUNE 6TH 2022, PERSAD-BISSESSAR SAID ARMOUR WAS DISQUALIFIED BY A JUDGE AT THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT BECAUSE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTED FORMER FINANCE MINISTER BRIAN KUEI TUNG AT THE LOCAL COURTS.
• THE T&T GOVERNMENT IS SEEKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN COMPENSATION ARISING OUT OF ALLEGED CORRUPTION INVOLVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE $1.6B PIARCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BETWEEN 1995 AND 2006.
• THE DEFENDANTS WHO ARE BEING SUED BY THE TT GOVERNMENT IN THE US COURT ARE: BIRK HILLMAN CONSULTANTS INC; BUSINESSMEN STEVE FERGUSON; RAUL GUITERREZ AND FORMER FINANCE MINISTER BRIAN KUEI TUNG.
• THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PLAINTIFF IN THE CASE WHO IS SEEKING THE STATE’S INTEREST IN THE MATTER. ARMOUR HAS ALREADY SIGNED A DOCUMENT REGARDING A SETTLEMENT INVOLVING BIRK HILLMAN.
