Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles is demanding the immediate reinstatement of CEPEP workers and wants the Government to explain why they were fired so quickly after the general election.

Beckles made the demand during a PNM public meeting on Saturday night titled “In defence of the people” in Enterprise, Chaguanas”.

Earlier at the meeting, Senator Faris Al-Rawi responded to a post circulating on social media that alleged the lawsuit filed by fired CEPEP contractor Stephen Samuel had been dismissed by the courts.