Opposition attacks PM’s UNGA address

Op­po­si­tion sen­a­tors have crit­i­cised Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s ad­dress to the Unit­ed Na­tions Gen­er­al As­sem­bly, ar­gu­ing that she missed key op­por­tu­ni­ties to ad­vance Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­ter­ests on the in­ter­na­tion­al stage.

Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Faris Al-Rawi said the Prime Min­is­ter should have placed greater em­pha­sis on the In­ter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court (ICC) and its role in ad­dress­ing is­sues such as ter­ror­ism and state re­spons­es.

“I think the Prime Min­is­ter missed an op­por­tu­ni­ty to speak to the In­ter­na­tion­al Crim­i­nal Court, and that is a huge is­sue,” Al-Rawi said.