Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has lashed out at Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment MPs who com­plained about the dis­rup­tion caused by the re­cent “Stink and Dut­ty” fete, ac­cus­ing them of po­lit­i­cal hypocrisy.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said PNM rep­re­sen­ta­tives for Diego Mar­tin were now “cry­ing foul” over in­con­ve­nience to res­i­dents, de­spite pre­vi­ous­ly de­fend­ing fete pro­mot­ers when the Gov­ern­ment act­ed against ex­ces­sive noise.

“The PNM MPs for Diego Mar­tin were the ones who cried for fete pro­mot­ers when the Gov­ern­ment clamped down on noise pol­lu­tion,” she said. “They even went as far as to raise false claims of racism and say it was an at­tack on ‘cul­ture’. So why are they com­plain­ing now?”