PUBLIC Utilities Minister Barry Padarath has rejected his predecessor Marvin Gonzales’ defence of the PNM Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) transformation plan which Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced has been rescinded by the new UNC government.

At a news conference at the PNM’s Balisier House, Port of Spain, on May 16, Gonzales said the PNM’s plan would have resulted in savings of $43 million at WASA and not the $30 million figure Persad-Bissessar mentioned at a post-cabinet news conference at the Red House on May 15.

At that conference, Persad-Bissessar tore up a copy of the PNM’s plan.