The rules for a referendum on secession, or vote or procedure must be written into the constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. Assuming that Tobago may remain within the state of Trinidad and Tobago, the constitution must choose between a federation and the status quo. The relationship between the Chief Secretary and the Cabinet must be clearly stated in the constitution. The Tobago House of Assembly Act must deal definitively with sovereignty in the context of the current constitution of Trinidad and Tobago. The designation of the sovereign must include rules for ascertaining its will.
Cabinet can only act in a way prescribed by law.
The simultaneous cry of a rabble, however just cannot be law. It is mere opinion. I must engage, or encourage a national debate on these issues. I will speak to Deborah Moore-Miggins, Mr. Hochoy Charles, Pamela Nicholson, Orville London, the PNM, the UNC and my constituents about these issues. I intend to plead with every constituency in the national community to engage these ideas.