Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar claims to have slashed ex­pen­di­ture in ad­ver­tis­ing, rentals, pur­chase of lux­u­ry ve­hi­cles and "un­nec­es­sary" se­cu­ri­ty de­tails.

In a post to the UNC's Face­book page, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said she was redi­rect­ing that mon­ey to serve na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty, fix roads and schools and health­care and so­cial sup­port.

"For far too long, your tax dol­lars have gone to waste — mil­lions spent on ads, lux­u­ry ve­hi­cles, ex­pen­sive rentals, and perks for a priv­i­leged few," the state­ment said.

She deemed it "un­nec­es­sary spend­ing across gov­ern­ment."

Per­sad-Bisses­sar won the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tions when the UNC de­feat­ed the PNM win­ning 26 seats while the lat­ter won 13 seats. TPP in To­ba­go won two seats.