‘Racial And Political Hatred Will Always Fail’ – PM Responds To Protest

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar SC has dismissed Friday’s protest against her Government as a “failed” demonstration, taking aim at the turnout and accusing those behind the march of being driven by racial and political hatred.

In a social media statement on Friday afternoon, hours after the march involving some unions and Opposition MPs had ended, the Prime Minister shared an aerial photograph of an area near the Red House in Port of Spain showing a relatively small group of protesters.

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She claimed that those she accused of benefiting from the previous PNM administration had failed to turn out in significant numbers.