As a legal ruling causes construction on the proposed Alutrint aluminium smelter to come to a halt, This Beach Called Life [1] comments: “This case is destined to go to the Privy Council and if the EMA (Government) should lose then the reputation of the EMA would be damaged beyond repair and this would send a signal to the world that the threat to democracy is alive and well in Trinidad and Tobago.”
Trinidad & Tobago: Smelter & Democracy
· Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
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