Beckles hits back after Prime Minister attacks PNM on crime

2026-01-29 - 17:56

Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has accused Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of politicising national tragedy, responding directly to a social media post in which the Prime Minister attacked the People’s National Movement over crime and gang violence. PM Persad-Bissessar, in an earlier tweet, asked: “Why does the PNM hate our citizens but love the local drug mafia?” and went on to outline what she described as crime statistics from 2015 to 2025. In