After Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee announced yesterday he would be resigning from his office, one of his supporters, Mayor of Point Fortin Clyde Paul, clammed up.
Paul, who faced widespread criticism on social media for his comments last Friday in support of Tim Kee and in a television interview on Sunday night, was very vocal in previous interviews.
He told the T&T Guardian last Friday that women’s group, Womantra, was politically affiliated and the protest in front of Tim Kee’s office was fueled because, “I sure I could tell you is no little black boy from Laventille they holding for that murder but that is what they want you to believe.”
Contacted again yesterday by the T&T Guardian, Paul refused to answer any questions, saying: “No comment, no comment, I don’t have anything to say at this point.” Chairman of the Opposition UNC, David Lee, posted a statement on social media yesterday calling on Paul to resign. Political leader of the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) Rekha Ramjit also issued a statement calling on Paul to resign.