Political quote: PM Kamla on the media

File: PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar in a media scrum

"Governments need to listen to what people are saying. A free and responsible media is an asset to any government, especially in emerging nations such as ours...

"Robust discussion - and even disagreement, criticism and consensus - are the blood that flows through the veins of the free media. It must never be mistaken as an attack on press freedom but rather reflection and manifestation of that very free press."

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar