Trinidad’s Energy Minister bristles at “monopoly money” remark by PM Gonsalves

Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, has made it clear that it is unusual for him to respond to adverse comments from ministers.

However, in the case of Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister, Dr Roodal Moonilal, Dr Gonsalves said he has broken his tradition, and has responded with some clarification. The Trinidad Guardian reported that Dr Moonilal, at a symposium where he outlined initiatives to rebuild that country’s foreign exchange, criticized PM Gonsalves for a remark about the TT dollar as Monopoly money.

“Maybe Prime Minister Gonsalves should have shared his wisdom with his colleagues who were responsible for the collapse of our economy and the shortage of foreign exchange,” Moonilal is quoted in The Trinidad Guardian as saying.

“It is a pity that the Prime Minister of St Vincent did not share his thinking with the former administration over the last decade, which could have reversed this crisis.”

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