PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the police and Judiciary are independent institutions and the People’s National Movement (PNM) should produce evidence before those entities to prove the “lawful” construction of its Balisier House headquarters in Port of Spain.

PNM chairman Marvin Gonzales issued a three-page statement on Saturday taking issue with the police’s move to compel the trustees of Balisier House to explain the funding behind its construction.

Gonzales described the move as a “political witch hunt” and rejected any suggestion that there was anything improper, unlawful or secretive about the funding of the party’s headquarters or the fundraising activities undertaken by the party over many years.