Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les last night ac­cused un­named in­di­vid­u­als of at­tempt­ing to sup­press the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment’s (PNM) can­dle­light vig­il in de­fence of free­dom and democ­ra­cy in San Juan.

Ad­dress­ing hun­dreds of sup­port­ers gath­ered at the Croisee Plaza, Beck­les al­leged ef­forts had been made to pre­vent the gath­er­ing from tak­ing place.

“Al­lyuh know they didn’t want us to have this vig­il tonight? Al­lyuh know they didn’t want us to have this meet­ing tonight? They don’t un­der­stand the pow­er of the PNM. They don’t un­der­stand the pow­er of the peo­ple,” Beck­les said.