Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has hit back at Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath who re­cent­ly claimed that she had failed to con­tribute to the two bills de­bat­ed in the Low­er House. She said no one will dic­tate when she speaks.

On Mon­day, Padarath ac­cused Beck­les of be­ing silent for the last ten years dur­ing the Dr Kei­th Row­ley-ad­min­is­tra­tion. He said her si­lence has re­sult­ed in mur­der and may­hem.

He added that since be­ing thrown in­to op­po­si­tion, Beck­les has been ab­sent, un­script­ed and not present. He al­so claimed that on the oc­ca­sion she did speak, she used a pre­pared text.