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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath have hit back at the Opposition, following criticism that Government members attended recent Caribbean Premier League (CPL) matches despite alleged national security threats, the same concerns that led to the cancellation of the Independence Day military parade.
On Tuesday, Diego Martin Central MP Symon de Nobriga questioned how come the Government officials, including Rural Development and Local Government Minister Khadijah Ameen, Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath and Defence Minister Wayne Sturge managed to attend CPL matches at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba despite the assassination threats looming over them.
“It is funny to me that, subsequent to that announcement, members of the Cabinet found themselves in very public situations where there would have been very little control over the gathering around them, so whether that be CPL or their own UNC activities, when it comes to their public meetings, there were no concerns for safety at that point. I don’t know how you juxtapose that to a situation where there was a very controlled environment with every arm of the national security apparatus. I don’t understand how on one hand you cite security concerns, and on the other hand, you sitting in stands at the stadium,” de Nobriga said.
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