PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar has described Trinidad and Tobago as "a lawless dump," but pledged to clean it up for the benefit of law-abiding citizens.

Responding to questions from Newsday about whether government was killing two birds with one stone by doubling traffic fines to improve road safety while also raising revenue for the country, Persad-Bissessar said all the measures were presented in the national budget and the Finance Bill.

She said, "The country has no order, it’s become a lawless dump and it’s because of the entitled attitudes of some citizens who believe they can do whatever they want while inconveniencing others without consequences. And these entitled citizens span across all demographics and sectors of society."