Opposition Leader urges Govt to speak out on recession claims

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les says the Gov­ern­ment has a re­spon­si­bil­i­ty to di­rect­ly re­spond to claims that this coun­try is in a re­ces­sion, not­ing that she was not pleased with the lack of clear mes­sag­ing on the is­sue.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, dur­ing her con­tri­bu­tion to the Bud­get de­bate in the Low­er House on Oc­to­ber 19, re­ject­ed claims that this coun­try was in a re­ces­sion, say­ing T&T was "in pro­gres­sion, not a re­ces­sion."

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How­ev­er, re­spond­ing to Guardian Me­dia’s ques­tions dur­ing a protest over wa­ter short­ages in Mal­abar on Sat­ur­day, Beck­les said clear­er, more de­tailed re­spons­es were need­ed to these con­cerns.