00:00Opposition leader Penelope Beckel says there will be no honeymoon period for government
00:05as the opposition is keenly looking on to see how the promises made by the UNC
00:11on the campaign trail will be kept.
00:14There was economic growth in 2024 and there was a lot of positives.
00:19The truth is once you have that decline in oil, we will expect that there will be some challenges
00:24and we wait to see how the government is going to fulfill all these promises that they have made.
00:30So no, we will be taking our job very seriously and the issue of a honeymoon doesn't arise.
00:35On the backdrop of the PNM losing 100,000 strong from its base in the past election,
00:42Beckel says it's time for her party to go back to where it started, the people.
00:47Yesterday I was on Charlotte Street and they didn't hesitate to tell me
00:53what their concerns were and give suggestions as to what I could do differently and what they expect.
01:00So the truth is that if the population is still willing to engage you as a politician
01:06and stop you and say, listen, Ms. Beckels, we don't want you to just go there and obstruct.
01:13We hope you're all going to listen and if you have to work with the government, work with the government.
01:17So I have gotten it live and direct.
01:19Even without a political leader, she says the PNM is strong.
01:25Even though you have had some reservations, it does not affect the functioning of the party.
01:30I am the leader of the opposition.
01:31I mean, I have served at several levels in the party, so I will be assisting where possible
01:37to ensure that people's national movement is back on track
01:41and that we return to government within the shortest possible time.
01:44She does not support the repealing of the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority Act
01:48and as it relates to the upper house, she has not finalized her Senate composition just yet.
01:55But she promises one of her senators will come from Tobago.
01:59Arvishita Wari, Ruknarai, TV6 News.
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