Call­ing the Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca scan­dal a hoax and a set of hog­wash, Oropouche MP Dr Roodal Mooni­lal yes­ter­day de­nied that the UNC had any con­tract or con­tact with the com­pa­ny to spy on cit­i­zens.

Speak­ing at the UNC's cot­tage meet­ing at Soledad Road, Clax­ton Bay on Thurs­day night, Mooni­lal said Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley and Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Stu­art Young were try­ing to cre­ate mass hys­te­ria by mak­ing un­found­ed al­le­ga­tions.

"They came with this hog­wash. Nine­ty per cent of peo­ple don't even know what is Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca. We know what is Cam­bridge Uni­ver­si­ty. They talk about da­ta min­ing and say when we were in of­fice we had a com­pa­ny come in to dig up in your phone. What non­sense, " Mooni­lal charged as the crowds ap­plaud­ed.

He added, "Let me say cat­e­gor­i­cal­ly that the UNC and the PP gov­ern­ment had ab­solute­ly noth­ing to do with Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca or any of its com­pa­nies. That is the most stu­pid thing I ever heard," Mooni­lal said.

He added, "We had no con­tact, no in­voice, no doc­u­ments, no re­ceipt, noth­ing, na­da, nahin with this com­pa­ny.

This is an ug­ly and stu­pid dis­trac­tion by Row­ley and Young," Mooni­lal added.

Say­ing he sat on a Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty for two years look­ing at this Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca mat­ter, Mooni­lal said, "I ask you what has come out if that? Noth­ing! You read the news and watch TV, have you seen any doc­u­ment or ev­i­dence of any wrong­do­ing? " Mooni­lal asked.

He added, "This is a dis­trac­tion away from the 455 mur­ders, from the clo­sure of YARA which they knew about sev­er­al weeks now so they time the Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca sto­ry to take away from the suf­fer­ing of the work­ers and their fam­i­lies."

Say­ing the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice will in­ves­ti­gate the al­le­ga­tions, Mooni­lal said, "Imag­ine they give the CoP Griffth a book and say in­ves­ti­gate. That is how stu­pid this is. We sup­port the move by the CoP to seek out (name called) first! If he knows what hap­pen then tell the po­lice."