In this Guardian column Dr. Ghany says that "The unresolved question is whether Tobago’s historical hurt of 1889 can be sufficiently healed by the complete revision of Act No 40 of 1996, or whether something beyond that is required.This seminally unresolved matter seems to have dogged the debate in Tobago itself during the last three decades, starting with the differences between ANR Robinson and Dr Winston Murray in the 1976-’81 Parliament, the resignation of Dr Jeff Davidson as THA Chairman in 1989, the presentation of two slates of NAR councillors at the opening of the THA in 1992, the formation of the People’s Empowerment Party (PEP) by Deborah Moore-Miggins, the return of the PNM to power in Tobago at the level of the THA, as well as control of the two seats from Tobago in the House of Representatives, and the rebirth of the DAC in the last THA elections.
The differences between ANR Robinson and Winston Murray may reflect the challenges of two different pathways forward in resolving the historical hurt of 1889."
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