PM dismisses criticism over UNC Independence message

Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has brushed aside crit­i­cism over her de­ci­sion to is­sue a sep­a­rate In­de­pen­dence Day mes­sage to Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) sup­port­ers, de­scrib­ing the back­lash as “fake out­rage” and in­sist­ing she will con­tin­ue to de­fend the par­ty’s mem­ber­ship.

“I couldn’t care less about their fake out­rage even if I tried,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day when asked about crit­i­cism from mem­bers of the pub­lic and po­lit­i­cal op­po­nents.