00:00Opposition leader Pallavi Beckles said in a statement on her social media pages that she completely condemns what she called
00:07Prime Minister, quote, Kamla Pasal-Bissessa's most recent reprehensible attack on the Caribbean community, end quote.
00:14The opposition leader also said it was irresponsible posturing on the issue of the reappointment of the Secretary General of
00:22CARICOM.
00:22Prime Minister Pasal-Bissessa told the Express newspaper that she does not support the reappointment of CARICOM Secretary General Dr.
00:31Carla Barnett.
00:32The Express reported that the Prime Minister said, quote, CARICOM has been failing for 52 years and will continue to
00:40fail for the next 52 years.
00:42Trinidad and Tobago is not going to continue funding CARICOM at the current levels that we are providing, end quote.
00:49The opposition leader said Senior Counsel Pasal-Bissessa, quote, has demonstrated she is unfit to continue in the role of
00:56Prime Minister of our nation, end quote.
00:58Opposition leader Beckles said Prime Minister Pasal-Bissessa must be reminded that CARICOM is the second largest market for Trinidad
01:05and Tobago's goods and services
01:07and the regional backlash she is inviting will only hurt the ordinary citizens and workers who are already under what
01:14the opposition leader called extreme pressure due to the policies of the UNC government.
01:20The opposition leader ended her statement by saying, quote, we have had enough, end quote.
01:24In correspondence to St. Kitts and Devis Prime Minister and CARICOM Chairman Dr. Terrence M. Drew, Trinidad and Tobago's Foreign
01:32and CARICOM Affairs Minister Sean Sobers
01:34said the reappointment of CARICOM Secretary General Dr. Barnett was never properly placed before heads of government.
01:42Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
01:44Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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