EAST INDIANS IN T&T HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR SAYS PM

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East Indians in this country have nothing to fear says the Prime Minister.  He made the declaration in response to a claim by the Opposition Leader about race and electioneering as she defended one of her MPs against allegations of corruption.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00I want to say something here to the people of Trinidad and Tobago, especially the East

00:03Indian population. You have nothing to fear from the rest of the population.

00:08Prime Minister Dr Keith Iraoli responding to an Express front page article about opposition

00:13leader Kamala Prasad Bissett's defence of one of her MPs, Dr Rudal Munilal, as he faces

00:18new allegations in a civil claim regarding contractors and their state management development

00:23company limited, the EMBD.

00:27Kamala dismisses corruption claims against Munilal as, quote, all them Indians is thief,

00:39unquote, smear campaign. And the headline says racist election plot. Rudal slams government's

00:50cock and bull story. The law will determine who is police and who is thief. This is a

01:00particularly offensive comment by Mrs Prasad Bissett. We have Indian children here in primary

01:09school, in kindergarten, in university. We have people of Indian population in the public

01:15service at every level.

01:17The prime minister said the claim by the contractors and other interested parties involves

01:21works carried out on 10 ancillary roads in Karani in 2015 during the People's Partnership

01:26administration before that year's general election at a cost of $330 million, payments

01:33for which were challenged by the EMBD under the present PNM administration.

01:38So the attempt to prevent EMBD from seeking to protect the public interest by using the

01:46court failed three times. And at the end, the state's company position prevails. And

01:58they are now required, having exhausted those steps, they are now required to put in their

02:04defense so that the matter can be heard, the substance of the matter can be heard in the

02:09court, and the evidence can be adjudicated upon by the court, because it has always been

02:14a court matter.

02:16The prime minister said the EMBD is 100% funded by the state. Jule Brown, TV6 News.

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