Kamla puts covid19 questions to Prime Minister
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Courtesy the Office of TT Parliament
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has used her Facebook page to pose a series of question to the Prime Minister as she again urged him and his government to act urgently to protectthe public.
She also accused Dr Rowley of attacking his political detractors at a time when Trinidad and Tobago is in deep mourning over the sharp rise in covid19-related deaths.
She said TT is facing a covid crisis because Government did not act swiftly to procure vaccines; did not secure the borders; did not seek expert guidance; did not partner with stakeholders including the private sector and the Opposition in an all-hands-on-deck approach; and did not think beyond closing the (air) borders.
Kamla: Covid19 creates wave of uncertainty
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar - Courtesy the Office of T&T Parliament
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the covid19 pandemic has created great uncertainty in Trinidad and Tobago.
In her Eid message to the nation, Persad-Bissessar said, "Our nation has never faced such a threat as it does now from covid19 where so many lives have been thrown into turmoil, and our future seems so uncertain."
But she added, " Yet, as a united people, regardless of our backgrounds or beliefs, we are called to look at the example set by the Muslim community of keeping faith in God.
UNC: Ask developed nations for mobile hospital units
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar - Courtesy the Office of T&T Parliament
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is urging the government to appeal to developed nations for the use of mobile hospital units. She said this would increase bed space and bolster the parallel health care system.
Speaking during the UNC’s Virtual Report programme on Monday night, Persad-Bissessar said, “Make contact with developed countries, Don’t be afraid to beg – or if you don’t want to beg, I’m sure you will draw down on the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund. I’m sure you will raid it again.
Kamla: PM locks out the vulnerable
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar. Courtesy the Office of TT Parliament
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Monday accused the Prime Minister of locking out the vulnerable people in TT, with the latest covid19 restrictions announced at a news conference at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann's. In a statement, Persad-Bissessar said, "The Opposition supports measures to protect the health and wellbeing of citizens, but we cannot support hundreds of thousands being left without the ability to take care of their families."
She claimed that while Government has found money to pay millions of dollars in rent to the families of Cabinet ministers and finance contracts of the families of other senior ministers, "they do not have a single dollar to help the taxpayers of this nation during their time of need."