Jack Warner on Monday accused former Arima MP Pennelope Beckles of "political mischief" with respect to reports of the collapse of a bridge on Arima.
Media reports Sunday said the newly built $20 million bridge had collapsed. However Warner called a media conference Monday at which he said it was a lie. And he produced new pictures taken by officials of his ministry to show that the bridge is standing.
He said the attack on his ministry by Beckles, who is now a PNM Senator, is "shameful and misleading".
A visibly upset Warner stated: "It is wrong, it is wrong to deliberately mislead the population."
Media reports Sunday said the newly built $20 million bridge had collapsed. However Warner called a media conference Monday at which he said it was a lie. And he produced new pictures taken by officials of his ministry to show that the bridge is standing.
He said the attack on his ministry by Beckles, who is now a PNM Senator, is "shameful and misleading".
A visibly upset Warner stated: "It is wrong, it is wrong to deliberately mislead the population."
He said he intends to write the press council and send the relevant pictures "to show this because what has transpired on a TV newscast last night (Sunday) should never happen again."
He added, "I challenge any one of you to go to Arima by the Mt Pleasant bridge and see for yourself. What you will see is the bridge fully intact and a little more than one hundred metres from the bridge, the road has collapsed."
Warner said there are many reasons to explain why the road collapsed, most notable of which is a burst waster main that undermined the land.
He also said that the land is shifting to the river, two houses are threatened and "we are trying to have them relocated."
He added, "I challenge any one of you to go to Arima by the Mt Pleasant bridge and see for yourself. What you will see is the bridge fully intact and a little more than one hundred metres from the bridge, the road has collapsed."
Warner said there are many reasons to explain why the road collapsed, most notable of which is a burst waster main that undermined the land.
He also said that the land is shifting to the river, two houses are threatened and "we are trying to have them relocated."
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