Trinidad & Tobago: Prime ministers who live in glass houses

“Is there nothing Patrick Manning won't take credit for?,” asks Jonathan Ali, reacting to the Trinidad & Tobago prime minister's declaration that the recent arrests of two government ministers on bribery charges are the direct result of reports he made to the Integrity Commission. “It's more than a little curious that Manning should talk about integrity,” Jonathan adds, “when practically his first act on assuming the office of prime minister after the last general election was to name his wife the minister of education.”

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