Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles-Robinson along with opposition senator Faris Al-Rawi addressed government claims of CEPEP contracts being renewed right before elections and the potential for "mass firings" at that and other governmental bodies at a media conference on June 9.

Al-Rawi countered government claims by saying hundreds of people at a regional health authorities (RHAs) had become unemployed by non-renewal of contracts. He also said thousands at CEPEP and the Rural Development Company (RDC), forestry division feared losing their jobs.

He said government had taken an approach with respect to covid19 workers at the regional health authorities (RHAs) and, in one RHA, the contracts of 700 workers were not renewed, he said.