Fi­nance Min­is­ter Colm Im­bert says Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is try­ing to mis­lead the pub­lic over a 25 per cent “in­her­i­tance tax” she al­leges Gov­ern­ment in­tends to im­pose.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar made the claim at a po­lit­i­cal meet­ing on Mon­day night.

In a Twit­ter post yes­ter­day, Im­bert stat­ed, “The Leader of the Op­po­si­tion is spread­ing a false and ma­li­cious ru­mour that the Gov­ern­ment plans to im­pose a 25 per cent in­her­i­tance tax on cit­i­zens who re­ceive mon­ey or prop­er­ty from the es­tate of a de­ceased per­son. This is a huge LIE, clear­ly de­signed to up­set the vot­ing pop­u­la­tion.”

There was no re­ply to texted queries to Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day for fur­ther in­for­ma­tion on the so-called tax or proof of her claim. Oth­er UNC of­fi­cials couldn’t pro­vide that ei­ther.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Min­is­ter Symon de No­bri­ga mean­while said he had “no idea what” Per­sad-Bisses­sar was talk­ing about. - Gail Alexan­der