Kamla ‘OK’ with commute to PoS as PM residence repairs shelved

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she has no prob­lem con­tin­u­ing to com­mute from South Trinidad to Port-of-Spain fol­low­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion against un­der­tak­ing what is be­ing de­scribed as cost­ly re­pairs to make the PM’s of­fi­cial res­i­dence suit­able for her oc­cu­pa­tion.

How­ev­er, the Prime Min­is­ter says she will have to check whether she qual­i­fies for a hous­ing al­lowance while re­main­ing at her pri­vate res­i­dence.

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Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she was on board with the de­ci­sion out­lined on Thurs­day by Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath, who said the coun­try could not af­ford the ex­ten­sive work re­quired at the of­fi­cial res­i­dence in St Ann’s.