MP Saddam Hosein: PNM Merged Corporations For Political Advantage

Minister of Land and Legal Affairs Saddam Hosein has accused the Opposition PNM of deliberately manipulating electoral boundaries to secure a political advantage in the past.

Making his contribution on the Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Bill, 2026, he revisited a decision by the Opposition to reduce the number of Municipal Corporations from 19 to 14, arguing that the changes were driven by political considerations.

“This member, Mr Speaker, was involved in that exercise with respect to gerrymandering and merging Corporations, Mr Speaker. So today, when he comes to give us a lecture about packing and stacking, they were packing and stacking since 1992. That is what they were doing.”