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Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s blunt warn­ing to Cab­i­net mem­bers that she will “buss their heads” and take de­ci­sive ac­tion if they are found ca­vort­ing with Op­po­si­tion Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) mem­bers, crooked con­trac­tors, or “fake elites,” has drawn strong sup­port from po­lit­i­cal an­a­lysts, who say this tone re­flects the kind of de­ci­sive lead­er­ship the coun­try needs.

Speak­ing at the UNC’s Mon­day Night Re­port at Cam­den Hall, Cou­va, Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­clared that any MP caught en­gag­ing in ques­tion­able al­liances would face pub­lic ex­po­sure, dis­missal from Gov­ern­ment, and pos­si­ble le­gal con­se­quences.

Po­lit­i­cal an­a­lyst Dr Shane Mo­hammed yes­ter­day de­scribed the warn­ing as both time­ly and nec­es­sary, point­ing to three key speech­es, Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s in­au­gu­ra­tion, her Cab­i­net swear­ing-in, and this lat­est ad­dress, as clear mark­ers of her lead­er­ship stance.