Goal 3 trinidad and tobago will have modern

Goal 3 - Trinidad and Tobago will have modern technologically advanced
legal, regulatory and enforcement systems
Goal 4 - All citizens will be assured of fair and equal justice
Objectives Achieved Ongoing at the
end of 2009
No Significant
Progress
1. Provide efficient public legal services to all citizens and
institutions in the country
✓
2. Strengthen the legal, regulatory and enforcement system ✓
Objectives Achieved Ongoing at the
end of 2009
No Significant
Progress
1. Develop an independent and accountable judiciary that
provides all citizens with equal access to justice
✓
2. Promotes just, efficient and expeditious criminal justice
✓
3. Develop a judicial system that ensures timely
determination of cases in a fair and equitable manner and
engenders public trust and confidence in the institution
✓
4. Ensure that civil matters are dealt with in an expeditious
manner and is affordable to the average citizen
✓
5. Enhance and maintain the integrity of the judicial system ✓
Goal 5 - Trinidad and Tobago will be safe and secure place to live, visit, do
business and raise families
Objectives Achieved Ongoing at the
end of 2009
No Significant
Progress
1. Significantly reduce crime by using a holistic, sustained
approach that addresses the root causes of crime
✓
2. Reduce the involvement of young people in crime ✓
3. Increase the homicide detection rate ✓
4. Reduce recidivism through the rehabilitation and re-
integration of offenders
✓
5. Instil a culture of law and order and respect for human
life among all citizens
✓
6. Restore public trust and confidence in the Protective
Service
✓
7. Create an integrated national security infrastructure
which ensure that the issues of crime, public safety
and national security are addressed on a holistic and
sustained basis
✓
8. Protect the borders of Trinidad and Tobago from illegal
entry and exit of people and products
✓
9. Secure Trinidad and Tobago’s interest through
international, regional and local defence efforts
✓
10. Protect all citizens from the hazards of natural and
manmade disasters
✓

Area Rules and Guidelines Observations
Fiscal
Policy
1. The budget must be based on long term
prices of both oil and gas, (set conservatively
for e.g. US$22.00/bbl (WTI) & US$3.00/
mmbtu for LNG re: Henry Hub Natural Gas
Price) over 5 years.
2. Over any plan period, a balanced budget
after allocation to the Heritage and
Stabilization Fund (HSF) should be achieved.
3. Further reductions in taxation must pass
the test of sustainability which will take
into account the projected growth of
expenditures and the variability of energy
revenues.
4. The Ratio of total Government expenditure
to GDP should not exceed 30 percent of
GDP over the medium term.
5. The ratio of Total Debt to GDP must be
reduced to no more than 50 percent within
5 years.