Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said his recent statements positing that Trinidad and Tobago is “falling apart” was based on economic reality and not intended as an attack on its Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the country or its people.
“The fact is Trinidad – and this is indisputable – that its economy is reliant on one sector- the oil and gas sector. That is a fact. I have had discussions with several leaders there about a post-oil and gas economy, so this has nothing to do with Rowley, this has to do with the economy in T&T going for a long period only relying on one sector,” Jagdeo yesterday told a press conference.
He said that the state of Trinidad’s economy, which shows evidence of the Dutch Disease, is not just pointed out by him, but is evidence-based.
