Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les is “the last one to talk about ques­tion­able char­ac­ters” with­in the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress’ (UNC) ranks.

The Prime Min­is­ter’s re­sponse came a day af­ter Beck­les called on her (Per­sad-Bisses­sar) to leave her alone re­gard­ing her de­ci­sion on the fate of Sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates, say­ing the PNM leader should in­stead “deal with her own prob­lems.”

Beck­les made the com­ment dur­ing the PNM’s Sports and Fam­i­ly Day in Port-of-Spain on Sun­day.