Op­po­si­tion MP Sad­dam Ho­sein is de­mand­ing that the Gov­ern­ment re­veal how many state en­ter­pris­es fund­ed the PNM’s Red Fete, af­ter Works Min­is­ter Ro­han Sinanan con­firmed that PLIPDE­CO used pub­lic mon­ey to buy tick­ets for the par­ty’s Car­ni­val fundrais­er.

In a state­ment is­sued on Sat­ur­day, the Barataria/San Juan MP said Sinanan, as line min­is­ter for PLIPDE­CO and deputy po­lit­i­cal leader of the PNM, “must now re­veal how many oth­er state en­ter­pris­es were used to fund this event.”

Ho­sein said tax­pay­ers’ mon­ey was used for po­lit­i­cal pur­pos­es. “PLIPDE­CO’s pur­chase of those tick­ets is akin to us­ing tax­pay­ers’ dol­lars to fund the PNM for pur­pos­es of the gen­er­al elec­tions,” he said.