Out­go­ing MP for San Juan/Barataria Sad­dam Ho­sein has is­sued a blis­ter­ing re­sponse to for­mer prime min­is­ter and leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s com­ments fol­low­ing Ho­sein’s ex­po­sure of what he calls a “con­tract ca­bal” op­er­at­ing with­in the Rur­al De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny (RDC).

Ho­sein held a press con­fer­ence on Fri­day to raise con­cerns about the RDC.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, he said he re­ceived Row­ley’s re­marks—made on the PNM plat­form in San Juan that same Fri­day—with “con­ster­na­tion, alarm, shock, and yes, even com­ic re­lief.”