Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is laugh­ing off Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath’s ques­tion­able be­hav­iour at a Car­ni­val fete on Wednes­day night.

A night of pre­mi­um drinks and so­ca left Padarath with a mas­sive po­lit­i­cal hang­over, af­ter he be­came the sub­ject of crit­i­cism and ridicule over a mo­ment on stage at the Hy­att Lime all-in­clu­sive fete at the Hy­att Re­gency.

Ac­cord­ing to sources at the event, Padarath stormed the stage, as he was not in­vit­ed to do so by fete of­fi­cials. Guardian Me­dia was re­li­ably in­formed that Padarath was still told po­lit­i­cal state­ments were against the fete’s pol­i­cy, yet dis­re­gard­ed this as he went on to an­nounce Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John as the fete’s founder.