Fac­ing strong back­lash for crit­i­cis­ing West­moor­ings res­i­dents who called for road re­pairs be­cause the con­stituen­cy vot­ed for the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) in the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tions, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Hous­ing Phillip Ed­ward Alexan­der has sought to soft­en his po­si­tion, say­ing Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar will take care of the com­mu­ni­ty.

In a video cir­cu­lat­ed on so­cial me­dia over the week­end, Alexan­der crit­i­cised mem­bers of the West­moor­ings North Res­i­dents’ As­so­ci­a­tion for com­plain­ing about pot­holes in the com­mu­ni­ty, not­ing that they had lived with the poor road con­di­tions for a decade un­der for­mer prime min­is­ter and Diego Mar­tin West MP Dr Kei­th Row­ley. He said res­i­dents ef­fec­tive­ly vot­ed for pot­holes when they sup­port­ed in­cum­bent MP Hans Des Vi­gnes in the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tions.

“They want to come on the What­sApp thread and talk about pot­holes and ask where is Mr Fix It. I am dri­ving through those same pot­holes, and I would not both­er Jear­lean John about those pot­holes be­cause you all live with those pot­holes and then vote for pot­holes, so you know what to do, take pot­holes,” Alexan­der said in the post.