Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the Pa­tri­ot­ic Front, Mick­ela Pan­day, has crit­i­cised com­ments made by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar ahead of to­day’s Sen­ate de­bate on the Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) leg­is­la­tion, de­scrib­ing the ap­proach as ar­ro­gant and dis­mis­sive of the State’s re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to cit­i­zens.

In a Face­book post, Pan­day wrote, “This is not lead­er­ship. It is ar­ro­gance,” adding that, “No Prime Min­is­ter has the right to tell cit­i­zens, ac­cept our laws or fend for your­selves against crim­i­nals.”

Yes­ter­day, it was re­port­ed that Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she would not be sur­prised if In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors vote against the ZOSO leg­is­la­tion when it comes be­fore the Sen­ate to­day. The bill was passed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives last Fri­day with­out op­po­si­tion sup­port and now re­quires the back­ing of at least four of the nine In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors to se­cure pas­sage in the Up­per House.