PM Manning has advised President Richards to dissolve parliament in accordance of section 68 of the constitution of T&T
http://www.trinicenter.com/CONSTITUTION/continue6.htmPROROGATION AND DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT
68.- 1. The President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may at any time prorogye or dissolve Parliament.
2. Subject to subsection (3), Parliament, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date of its first sitting after any dissolution, and shall then stand dissolved.
3. At any time when Trinidad and Tobago is at war, Parliament may extend the period of five years specified in subsection (2) for not more than twelve months at a time; so however that the life of Parliament shall not be extended under this subsection for more than five years.
4. Where, between a dissolution of Parliament and the next ensuing general election of members to the House of Representatives, an emergency arises of such a nature that in the opinion of the Primer Minister, it is necessary for the two Houses to be summoned before that general election can be held, the President, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, may summon the two Houses of the preceding Parliament but the election of members of the House of Representatives shall proceed and the Parliament that has been summoned shall, if not sooner dissolved, again stand dissolved on the day on which the general election is held.
