Politics
Trinidad and Tobago:Persad Bissessar gov’t defeats no-confidence motion
She said the anticipated “bombshells” had fizzled out to “as one legislator described it as conch shells” adding that the presentations were a “rehash of the same things.”
“What was the nation put on pause for,” she said in reference to the motion, adding “in a sense there is very little to respond to.”
“It is a frivolous and senseless exercise,” she said, adding that “not an iota of evidence has been presented to this House. What we got were spurious and wild allegations.”
“This motion was doomed to fail from the start. When you come with a vote of no confidence, you are trying to unseat a government. In other words you are trying un-seat a government without evidence. You come into Parliament with a fishing expedition,” she said of the Opposition motion that read she was incompetent because of “an unending series of events that have demonstrated : the Prime Minister’s gross incompetence; failure to stimulate the economy and create sustainable employment; a consistent unwillingness to act in the best interest of the people of Trinidad and Tobago; an absence of effective management of officers under the control of the Prime Minister, resulting in persistent confusion and encouragement of wrongdoing in the conduct of the national affairs of Trinidad and Tobago”.
The Prime Minister told Parliament that she was never fearful of the motion succeeding telling legislators “I have no fear of anyone but God”.
She described Rowley’s presentations as perhaps “the weakest in history” and reiterated that her coalition administration that came to power on May 24, 2010 is as strong as ever.
“There is no palace coup in the People’s Partnership, no conspiracy of any kind in the People’s Partnership,” she said, defending her administration’s policy on dealing crime and the economy.
