Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute (TTTI) chairman Dion Abdool said the Whistleblower Protection Bill if passed in Parliament could protect children in homes and combat child abuse.

Speaking to reporters at the Brix hotel, Port of Spain, during the TTTI’s annual fundraising dinner on Thursday, Abdool said the legislation was designed to protect people speaking out against all forms of corruption.

“The purpose of the legislation is to give a voice to victims as well as protect those who have to blow that whistle. Where you have those two things you have the ability to bring what is in the dark to light.”

He said it may be difficult to investigate the results of the highly publicised Robert Sabga report which highlighted incidents of sexual, psychological and emotional abuse of children at children's homes, given that the report is 25 years old.

“What it might call for is a new report, a new assessment of the conditions now, but finding something that is 25 years old might be difficult.”

He also commented on the slow pace of the passing of the whistleblower legislation, saying it was up to the government to enact it.

“The buck stops with the Parliament,” he said. “They are our representatives and that is the forum for the formation and enactment of legislation. It is up to our parliamentarians to make this happen. As citizens of this country we have to let them know that it is important to us. And the more we talk about it then they will take notice.”

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