Jesse Ramdeo

Se­nior Re­porter

jesse.ramdeo@cnc3.co.tt

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is not sup­port­ing re­cent com­ments made by Pro­gres­sive Em­pow­er­ment Par­ty (PEP) leader Phillip Alexan­der about the grief dis­played by Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) mem­bers fol­low­ing the deaths of Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian and two of her chil­dren in a fire at their home in Ari­ma on Mon­day.

Fol­low­ing the tragedy, Alexan­der took to so­cial me­dia to at­tack Arou­ca/Mal­oney MP Camille Robin­son-Reg­is for her pub­lic show of an­guish at the scene.

Af­ter sign­ing the con­do­lence book for Mor­ris-Ju­lian at the Red House ro­tun­da yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she did not back Alexan­der’s com­ments. 

“Al­most the en­tire Op­po­si­tion bench is here to­day in sol­i­dar­i­ty, in pub­lic du­ty, as we mourn the pass­ing of our col­league, so I will not en­dorse those state­ments. If they have to burn, they will burn on elec­tion day, but I apol­o­gise for that,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar said. 

How­ev­er, she said she did not think Alexan­der’s com­ments would af­fect her par­ty’s al­liance with the PEP for the gen­er­al elec­tion. 

“I didn’t hear it my­self, and I would want to hear it be­fore I make any de­ci­sion, but I don’t think that will af­fect our plans go­ing for­ward. We have to win this elec­tion, and we need every hand on deck, we need every per­son on deck, and we have to re­move this wicked, in­com­pe­tent Gov­ern­ment.”