Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has denied allegations that her government is behind an ‘orchestrated attack’ on the main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) as the police investigate the funding of the party’s multimillion-dollar headquarters.
‘If the People’s National Movement believes that every dollar used in the construction of Balisier House came from lawful fundraising activities, public appeals, raffles, dinners, cake sales, bakery sales and voluntary donations, then the law provides them with the perfect opportunity to produce the evidence and prove it,’ said Persad-Bissessar.
‘That is precisely what courts exist to do. So I urge them to stop the continued beh-beh behaviour. By all means, dig up every raffle stub, every fundraising ticket and every bakery sale receipt. Produce the records. Produce the accounts. Produce the evidence. The courts will determine the facts,’ she added.
But PNM chairman Marvin Gonzales in a three-page statement described as a ‘political witch hunt’ the move by the police to compel the trustees of Balisier House to explain the funding behind the construction of the PNM headquarters.