The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has ac­cused For­eign Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers of “gross in­so­bri­ety” over his com­ments on the im­pend­ing ar­rival of US naval as­sets in the south­ern Caribbean and his re­sponse to re­marks by US Vice Pres­i­dent JD Vance, who com­pared crime in Wash­ing­ton DC to T&T.

The Op­po­si­tion said Sobers’ state­ments re­vealed the Gov­ern­ment’s un­pre­pared­ness to han­dle sen­si­tive se­cu­ri­ty and diplo­mat­ic is­sues, down­play­ing both the im­pli­ca­tions of the US de­ploy­ment and con­cerns raised by the Vice Pres­i­dent.

PNM chair­man Mar­vin Gon­za­les said the par­ty will is­sue a for­mal re­sponse to­day, but crit­i­cised Sobers’ han­dling of the mat­ter.