For­mer Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has de­nied claims by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar that he and his wife were among in­di­vid­u­als placed on a “se­cret list” at the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) that pre­vent­ed dis­con­nec­tion for un­paid bills.

Row­ley is­sued the de­nial in a Face­book post on Mon­day, hours af­ter Per­sad-Bisses­sar made the al­le­ga­tion dur­ing her con­tri­bu­tion to the Mid-Year Bud­get Re­view in Par­lia­ment.

Dur­ing her pre­sen­ta­tion, the Prime Min­is­ter named sev­er­al peo­ple and en­ti­ties she claimed were linked to the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), in­clud­ing Row­ley and his wife, Sharon Row­ley. She al­leged they were on a list of cus­tomers whom T&TEC could not dis­con­nect even if they were in de­fault of bill pay­ments.