Divestment best way to protect jobs, says PM

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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar defended plans to divest state-owned companies, arguing that divestment is the best way to protect jobs. She rejected opposition claims that the government intends a “fire sale” benefiting financiers and United National Congress associates.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has criticised the Opposition over its accusation that the Government plans to carry out a “fire sale” of State companies to financiers and associates of the United National Congress (UNC), following her announcement of plans to…