Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les says Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and her Gov­ern­ment must al­so an­swer se­ri­ous ques­tions, as she re­spond­ed to ac­cu­sa­tions that the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment is con­trolled by out­side in­ter­ests.

In a state­ment to­day, Beck­les re­ject­ed the claims and de­fend­ed the PNM’s ac­tions in Par­lia­ment, while rais­ing con­cerns about con­duct on the Gov­ern­ment’s bench­es.

“I will not be bul­lied or di­rect­ed in these mat­ters, nor will I al­low a Gov­ern­ment on whose bench­es sit per­sons on bail, per­sons who open­ly bran­dish false qual­i­fi­ca­tions, per­sons who are be­fore the courts on var­i­ous mat­ters, and per­sons who en­gage in the most dis­gust­ing and ob­scene be­hav­iour on so­cial me­dia, to de­cide how the Op­po­si­tion must dis­ci­pline or de­ploy its mem­bers,” she said.