Government’s shake-ups and reshuffles

• “Misstep” No 1: Prime Minister’s appointment of Reshmi Ramnarine to head the Strategic Intelligence Agency (SIA)

• Two Cabinet reshuffles in three years

• Firing of six ministers—Mary King, Minister of Planning; Therese Baptiste-Cornelis; Collin Partap, Minister in the Ministry of National Security; Herbert Volney, Minister of Justice; Nan Ramgoolam, Minister of Public Administration; John Sandy, Minister of National Security; Verna St Rose Greaves, Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Develop­ment; Minister in the Minister of National Security Subhas Panday 

• Minister of National Security and chairman of the United National Congress (UNC) Jack Warner resigns from the party and his Chaguanas West seat

• PM faces vote of no-confidence

• Attorney General faces vote of no-confidence

• Now, the Government to face vote of no-confidence

• Continuing rumblings in the coalition Government

• Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) breaks with the party

• Congress of the People (COP) continues to grumble

• Crime continues to rock Trinidad and Tobago

• Section 34 fiasco caused a roundtable arrangement between opposing forces: People’s National Movement (PNM), labour and non-governmental organisations (NGOs)

• Partnership Government faced crushing defeat at the polls in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections 

• Tobago and Government still on shaky ground over self-government

• By-election in Chaguanas West seat

• Local government election due before or by October 2013

• At times, rocky media relations.

Source:trinidadexpress