Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Parliamentarian Ramesh Maharaj was fired by Trinidad and Tobago's Opposition leader Basdeo Panday as Chief Whip of the United National Congress (UNC).
Mr. Maharaj is replaced by Member of Parliament, Dr. Hamza Rafeeq. He has lost his job as lead spokesman of the UNC in the parliament, and will sit on the back benches
Mr. Maharaj, who has served as an Attorney-General in a former UNC government, has recently been critical of Mr. Panday's leadership. The fued between the two escalated when rival UNC factions clashed in a violent confrontation at the party's headquarters.
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