As Oropouche MP, Dr Roodal Mooni­lal pre­pares for screen­ing to­day. Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­scribed the lat­est al­le­ga­tions against him in the Es­tate Man­age­ment and Busi­ness De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny Ltd (EM­BD) mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar car­tel law­suit as a “po­lit­i­cal witch-hunt” and a waste of tax­pay­ers’ mon­ey.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia af­ter at­tend­ing the fu­ner­al of for­mer chair­man Prem­c­hand Sookoo, Per­sad-Bisses­sar threw her sup­port be­hind Dr Mooni­lal, say­ing the lat­est al­le­ga­tions were “fab­ri­cat­ed,” and will not de­bar him from fac­ing the par­ty’s screen­ing com­mit­tee to­day.

“I am of the view that they con­tin­ue to fab­ri­cate and make up as they go along. What they have put in the case has been rub­bished, and now they are scram­bling to find some­thing else, which is to­tal non­sense,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar said.