Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (NATUC) Michael An­nisette has ac­cused for­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley of us­ing the al­leged ex­ploita­tion of women by po­lit­i­cal fig­ures as part of a po­lit­i­cal nar­ra­tive while call­ing for a high­er stan­dard of ac­count­abil­i­ty and rep­re­sen­ta­tion from elect­ed of­fi­cials.

An­nisette made the re­marks in a me­dia state­ment on Wednes­day, where he re­spond­ed to re­marks made from Row­ley's Face­book page which was part of a com­ment be­neath the post of for­mer min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Dr Amery Browne on May 7.

Browne's post in­clud­ed a pho­to of new­ly ap­point­ed Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les, with the cap­tion "They tried to rig the game, but you can't fake au­then­tic­i­ty," which has led some com­menters to in­ter­pret the post as a jab at the PNM's for­mer leader Row­ley.