PM mocks PNM over recession claims

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ridiculed Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les’ claim that Trinidad and To­ba­go is in a re­ces­sion, sug­gest­ing in­stead that it is the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) fac­ing fi­nan­cial dif­fi­cul­ties.

In a scathing re­sponse to Beck­les’ con­tri­bu­tion to the 2027 Bud­get de­bate in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar took aim at the ap­par­ent halt in con­struc­tion at the PNM’s Bal­isi­er House head­quar­ters.

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“Bal­isi­er House fund­ing is in re­ces­sion. Cakes, fudge, toolum seems to not be sell­ing any­more, so con­struc­tion stopped. So I sup­pose the PNM is fac­ing a re­ces­sion,” the Prime Min­is­ter said.