Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is demanding that the PM release the legal opinion which he says supports the appointment of Energy and Energy Industries Minister Stuart Young as PM.

In a WhatsApp message sent to media on March 14, Persad-Bissessar said the UNC firmly believed Young’s appointment would be illegal once Dr Rowley remained as PNM political leader.

“Only if Rowley simultaneously steps down as leader of the PNM and Prime Minister, would the appointment of Young be constitutional. It is an insult to the country that Young, who was not even elected as leader of his own party, is being undemocratically foisted on the population.”