The Opposition Leader used her budget response in Parliament to put what she called “broken promises” by the PNM into numbers.

At 10am, Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar started her official reply to the 2024/25 fiscal package, having over five hours at her disposal.

Among her areas of focus was government’s proposals over the past nine years.

Mrs Persad-Bissessar also raised questions about the Office of the Prime Minister’s allocation for the fiscal year, noting the PM’s recent warning of difficult times for T&T until new gas production in 2027.