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Akash Sama­roo

Po­lit­i­cal par­ties have tak­en strong ex­cep­tion to the Prime Min­is­ter de­scrib­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go as a “law­less dump”.

PM Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar used the phrase to jus­ti­fy a sharp in­crease in traf­fic fines and cus­toms du­ties, ar­gu­ing that the coun­try had slipped in­to a state of dis­or­der due to “en­ti­tled at­ti­tudes” of cit­i­zens who ig­nore laws.