CARISA LEE

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley said he will not be invit­ing in­ter­na­tion­al ob­servers to over­see the up­com­ing Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Elec­tions.

This was a re­quest from Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad Bisses­sar who said the UNC does not trust the gov­ern­ment with that process.

How­ev­er, speak­ing at a Break­fast with the Prime Min­is­ter func­tion host­ed by the PNM this morn­ing at the Hilton, Dr Row­ley re­spond­ed to her re­quest with a short but re­sound­ing "no."

Dr Row­ley said the PNM's record is with­out blem­ish and when they call elec­tions, the par­ty will stand by its record.

The Prime Min­is­ter said the UNC is al­ready do­ing a good job of at­tempt­ing to un­der­mine the elec­tion. At 1:30pm on Wednes­day af­ter­noon, a bill which seeks to val­i­date the work of coun­cil­lors and al­der­men be­tween De­cem­ber 2nd, 2022 and May 18th, 2023 will go to the Sen­ate af­ter be­ing passed in the Low­er House on Mon­day.