Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ac­cused the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) of fu­elling law­less­ness, racial hos­til­i­ty and in­tim­i­da­tion against law en­force­ment and state pros­e­cu­tors.

She said com­ments and ac­tiv­i­ty linked to po­lit­i­cal ac­tors are en­cour­ag­ing con­tempt for law en­force­ment and cre­at­ing con­di­tions that could lead to vi­o­lence against of­fi­cers and pros­e­cu­tors.

Re­fer­ring to a protest out­side the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said there were at­tempts to nor­malise racist in­vec­tive and crim­i­nal be­hav­iour, while in­sist­ing her gov­ern­ment will con­tin­ue to stand firm­ly with the coun­try’s pro­tec­tive ser­vices.