(Trinidad Guardian) After 21 days, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh’s hunger strike over the disputed Debe to Mon Desir extension of the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin ended at 6.30 pm last evening.
Kublalsingh’s decision came after the Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry (JCC) and other civil society groups released the terms of reference for the independent review committee to examine the several matters of concern regarding the construction of the highway.
Kublalsingh’s activist organisation, the Highway Re-route Movement, accepted the terms of reference.
“I would like to thank the public for supporting the movement,” Kublalsingh said in a brief interview with CNC3 Television just after 7 pm last evening.
He embarked on the hunger strike three weeks ago, on November 15th. The press release said the JCC and other civil society groups were “inviting Dr Kublalsingh to stop his protest action now, so that we can have his submissions and active participation in this important matter”.
The release confirmed the groups have appointed independent senator Dr James Armstrong to chair the independent working group.
