Yvonne Webb

Trade Min­is­ter Stephen Cadiz has de­nied Sel­wyn "Robo­cop" Alex­is as­sist­ed him in the 2010 elec­tion cam­paign.Alex­is is one of the de­tainees held un­der the Emer­gency Pow­ers Reg­u­la­tions.Cadiz is de­mand­ing an apol­o­gy from Op­po­si­tion Leader Dr Kei­th Row­ley, who re­cent­ly made the claim.Speak­ing on the CNC3 morn­ing pro­gramme yes­ter­day, Cadiz, al­so the Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Ch­agua­nas East, said Row­ley's claims were un­true.

He added: "He has to apol­o­gise to me. He has to apol­o­gise to the 10,797 peo­ple who vot­ed for me, who vot­ed for the Prime Min­is­ter and the Peo­ple's Part­ner­ship."I want to state in no un­cer­tain terms "Robo­cop", by what­ev­er name he goes by, was not, was nev­er and will nev­er be part of any cam­paign or any event or any­thing in which I am in­volved."Cadiz ac­cused Row­ley of triv­i­al­is­ing the is­sue.

He said: "For him to be mak­ing these state­ments, where he is talk­ing about an as­sas­si­na­tion plot, a very se­ri­ous is­sue, which he and the PNM are mak­ing light of, this as­sas­si­na­tion plot against the PM, he is the one triv­i­al­is­ing it. "Where he is us­ing that same con­ver­sa­tion with some­thing as se­ri­ous as an as­sas­si­na­tion plot, with 'Robo­cop' and my name be­ing as­so­ci­at­ed with it, that is where I draw the line."