THE Prime Minister has signalled his intention to initiate legal action against a former commissioner of police (CoP) who claimed to have received money from him to prosecute his political opponents.
Dr Rowley said all documents pertaining to the matter would be provided to his attorney on July 15.
He claimed the actions of the former commissioner were similar to the Section 34 scandal which happened under the former UNC-led People's Partnership (PP) government."
Section 34 was a clause introduced to the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Bill 2011 by former Justice Minister Herbert Volney which allowed for charges to be dropped if a trial had not started ten years after charges had been laid.
UNC financiers Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson, who were charged in the Piarco International Airport corruption case, went to the courts calling for the matters to be dismissed after the legislation was proclaimed.
The section was repealed two weeks after it was proclaimed on August 31, 2012 as a result of public protests against it.
Rowley described the allegations made against him by the former commissioner as "Section Griffith."
He made those statements when he addressed the 51st annual PNM San Fernando West constituency conference at San Fernando City Hall Auditorium on July 13.
Rowley told party members that while Trinidad and Tobago was highly respected by other countries for the way it conducted its affairs, some local politicians did not respect the country.
"That is why I take serious umbrage at a former CoP who will go and tell the world that he was given money by me and instructions to use that money to go and persecute and lay charges against my political opponent. I tell you this so that you will know that former CoP is a dangerous liar."
He said, "So I tell you tonight. I am making this very clear to the world as prime minister this country. I have had absolutely no personal instruction or involvement in this matter."
Rowley told members there were documents, including cabinet notes, which supported his position."
"Therefore on Monday, I'm passing all these documents, including the ones signed by the said CoP and the cabinet notes to my lawyer."
Rowley said if he had done what it was being alleged that he did, he would have offended several laws.
"So I am being accused of a crime. But it is a lie."
Rowley said the allegations being made against him were not an innocent statement and had consequences.
"A statement that says that the prime minister provided millions of dollars directly and personally to the CoP to have people prosecuted, is very useful to the people who are to be or being prosecuted."
He reminded PNM members that one of the biggest issues in the 2015 general election campaign was the "humongous level and general frequency of corruption at the existing government that was there before us."
After the PNM won that election, Rowley said the state's machinery "started to bounce up against some of the evidence or the information of that per
