Leader of the Op­po­si­tion Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has called on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to in­ter­vene in the car­go seabridge is­sues af­fect­ing To­ba­go.

In a state­ment on Sun­day, Beck­les said To­ba­go res­i­dents are fac­ing in­creas­es in food prices fol­low­ing dis­rup­tions in car­go op­er­a­tions. She ref­er­enced re­ports of short­ages and the dou­bling of egg prices.

Beck­les ques­tioned the re­sponse of Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine, stat­ing that 24 hours had passed with­out com­ment from him on the is­sue. She al­so crit­i­cised Min­is­ter of Works Ro­han Sinanan over the han­dling of the car­go op­er­a­tion in­volv­ing the MV Blue Wave Har­mo­ny.