In the
December 2021 Tobago House of Assembly election, the
Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) party, which had declared Augustine to be its candidate for Chief Secretary, won a majority in the
Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Augustine was thus named the Chief Secretary in 2021. In 2023, after a conflict with the PDP's leader, he formed his own party, the
Tobago People's Party, to which most members of the THA defected. In 2024, the opposition
Tobago Council of the People's National Movement accused Augustine of accepting bribes. Augustine denied these charges. ==Personal life==