Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles cannot remove Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi because he is untouchable and protected by People’s National Movement (PNM) “fake elite financiers”, whom she claimed have hijacked and owned the party since 2010.

In a post on her social media on Friday night, Persad-Bissessar said the Opposition “hastily fled” Parliament on Friday night upon the call to remove Al-Rawi from the Senate.

‘PROFESSIONAL PRIVILEGE’: Opposition Senator Faris Al-Rawi leaves the sitting of the Upper House in Parliament on Friday. —Photo: ISHMAEL SALANDY