A slap in the face, is how Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar responded to the Prime Minister’s rejection of her request for international observers for the upcoming local government election.

At a breakfast meeting yesterday, Dr. Rowley said the PNM had a strong track record of ensuring free and fair elections.

“Just as he disrespected the people of our nation by the callous manner in which he attempted to stall the Local Government elections by a year, Rowley is now again contemptuously disregarding the need to reassure the public that these elections will be free and fair and free from fear,” Persad-Bissessar said in a statement. 

She added: “I also want to remind Rowley that in 2015 while as Opposition Leader he also called for international Elections observers, for which I obliged, viewing it as part of my duty to the citizens of our nation.”