The Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter has an­nounced via its Face­book page that Lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tions will be held on Mon­day, De­cem­ber 2, 2019.

And al­ready UNC and Op­po­si­tion leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is urg­ing her ri­val to "bring it on" say­ing that she is ready for the gen­er­al elec­tions.

Here is the ex­act an­nounce­ment be­low of the elec­tion tak­en from OPM's page:

Dr the Hon. Kei­th Row­ley, Prime Min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go is pleased to an­nounce that the Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions shall be held on Mon­day 02 De­cem­ber 2019 and that the Writs of Elec­tions shall be is­sued in due course.

But dur­ing her Bud­get re­sponse in the Par­lia­ment this af­ter­noon, Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar warned the Gov­ern­ment, that her par­ty the UNC will "meet and beat" the PNM at the lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tions polls.

She said while the UNC is ready for the elec­tions, she urged Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley to call the gen­er­al elec­tions.

"I call up­on the Prime Min­is­ter to call the gen­er­al elec­tion and not brakes by call­ing this lo­cal gov­ern­ment elec­tion."

The op­po­si­tion leader added, "I want you to know the UNC will meet you and beat you at the polls on De­cem­ber 2nd, you don't need a five-dol­lar light bulb to show you that."

She urged the Prime Min­is­ter, "Bring it on, the UNC is ready to trans­form and res­ur­rect Trinidad and To­ba­go."