Friday, May 29, 2015 | 1:06 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday she received no money from Jack Warner to fund either her own or the United National Congress (UNC) election campaigns.
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| Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar |
Warner, a former government minister and UNC chairman, was one of 14 people indicted by the United States government in connection with allegations of bribery, money laundering, corruption and wire fraud conspiracy arising out of investigations conducted by US authorities.
The offences were alleged to have taken place both in the United States and Trinidad and Tobago between 1990 and 2011 while Warner held the position of FIFA vice-president.
Since 2007, Warner has held senior portfolios both in the UNC and the Government until his fallout from the Government and the formation of his own Independent Liberal Party (ILP) in 2013.
In the January 2010 UNC internal election, Warner endorsed Persad-Bissessar as UNC leader after she defeated former prime minister and party leader Basdeo Panday. Persad-Bissessar then went on to be elected as T&T's first woman Prime Minister on May 24, 2010, leading the People's Partnership coalition.
Following the opening of the new state-of-the-art Maloney Police Station yesterday, Persad-Bissessar was questioned on whether Warner's money was used in the election campaigning and the concerns that may arise out of this. Persad-Bissessar said she received no money from Warner either for the UNC internal election, the May 2010 general election, or the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election in 2013.
"I received no financing from Mr Warner, he may have financed Mr Warner's own campaign in 2010 but as leader of the Partnership and leader of the UNC, I received no financing whatsoever from Mr Warner, either prior to the internal elections in 2010, my party's internal elections and thereafter into the general election," she said. more
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