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With over 110,000 on­line ap­pli­ca­tions for the Na­tion­al Re­cruit­ment Dri­ve, along with thou­sands of phys­i­cal sub­mis­sions, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is not sur­prised by the re­sponse, as em­ploy­ment was one of the main pleas cit­i­zens made dur­ing the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress’ gen­er­al elec­tion cam­paign.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar vis­it­ed the re­cruit­ment cen­tre at the Na­tion­al Cy­cling Velo­drome in Cou­va yes­ter­day, where scores of peo­ple con­tin­ued to ap­ply for pub­lic sec­tor jobs.

“I have been on the ground, all of us on the ground, and two things peo­ple want­ed main­ly: jobs, and they want­ed to be safe. They want­ed to be safe and se­cure. We are work­ing on the end of those things, so I am not sur­prised,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar told re­porters.