00:01connect with us on facebook at ccn tv6 trinidad and tobago on x using the handle at tv6 tnt on
00:13instagram hashtag tv6 tnt and via our website www.tv6tnt.com opposition mp camille robinson
00:25regis is accusing prime minister camille robinson regis of political intimidation following remarks
00:32she says that threatened to punish pnm supporters and their communities opposition mp camille
00:40robinson regis is strongly condemning what she describes as insulting and threatening remarks
00:46by prime minister camilla basant possessor against the people's national movement and its supporters
00:52in a statement robinson regis told the pm she stands on the foundation that the pnm built
00:59and her insults and threats will not diminish the pnm in condemning the disgraceful insulting and
01:06threatening remarks robinson regis said quote her disgusting and disgraceful description of pnm
01:12supporters and her threats about defunding pnm areas and that its supporters will continue to struggle
01:20is deeply offensive it raises the disturbing question of whether she believes citizens should
01:26suffer because of their political allegiance end quote robinson regis also invoked the pnm's historical
01:34contribution to the country reminding passat possessor that the party led trinidad and tobago to independence
01:41and republican status and help develop its national institutions and key industries she was pointed in
01:49her response to the prime minister declaring quote its supporters are patriotic hard-working citizens
01:56from every profession community and walk of life who have contributed immeasurably to our nation's
02:02development they are not second-class citizens because they support the pnm end quote the opposition
02:10mp also questioned reduced development allocations to all seven pnm controlled municipal corporations
02:16insisting public funds must be distributed without political discrimination robinson regis said quote
02:24kamla the national treasury belongs to all citizens not the unc and must never be used as an instrument of
02:32political punishment end quote she also criticized what she described as a contradiction between the
02:39prime minister's remarks and his subsequent message of love and god's blessings to the nation
02:44and robinson regis ended his statement with a warning that the pnm and its supporters will not be intimidated or
02:52silenced maintaining that the party's contribution to trinidad and tobago could not be erased by political hostility
03:01well prime minister kamla passad besasa responds to the mp saying she doesn't understand why the pnm is angry
03:08she tells the pnm they should try loving all their members like she does instead of quote-unquote running down
03:16rich indians chinese and middle easterners everywhere and every day while they were in government she says
03:24the pnm only loves their afro trinity supporters when they are in opposition bizarre possessor says pnm
03:31supporters and members have already been diminished by their own mps as quote every pnm hardcore
03:38constituency is a mess filled with slums riddled by violent crime and no opportunities end quote she
03:47says the pnm complains about local government allocations because they spend all their funds
03:52in rich areas where their financiers live and never have money to provide services for their supporters
03:59in their residential areas the pm doubled down saying quote the government will continue to defund the pnm's
04:06culture so our working and middle classes can breathe again end quote
