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As controversy continues to engulf the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), a call is being made for the university council to restore confidence in the institution by telling the country who will act as president while Professor Fritz Pinnock is on leave.
Professor Pinnock announced on Friday that he has decided to take six weeks' leave to allow investigation into alleged corruption at the scandal-hit institution.
However, there has been no word from the university's council in relation to the way forward or the circumstances surrounding the decision for Professor Pinnock to go on leave.
Public commentator and trade unionist Helene Davis Whyte has said it is imperative that the council speaks on the next steps for the CMU.
"The chairman needs to be out there now trying to allay fears and to ensure that while the investigations are going on, he students, the public and the staff, can be made to feel comfortable that the insitution will be able to continue given the absence of Professor Pinnock and also while the investigations are ongoing," she asserted.
Mrs Davis Whyte said Professor Pinnock should have taken leave long before last week "to allow the institution to have some semblance of normalcy and that the students and staff will feel far less exposed as I think that they are feeling now."
Professor Pinnock has faced criticism following revelations about the management of the university at Parliament's Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC).
The most recent was a disclosure that a second household helper assigned to dismissed education minister Ruel Reid was the recipient of contracts from the CMU.
Professor Pinnock had also previously admitted that the CMU paid out more than $600,000 towards a boat party for Mr. Reid.
RJR News tried unsuccessfully to get a comment from CMU Council Chairman Hyacinth Bennett, who declined a request for an interview.
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