PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has rubbished a threat by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar of legal action should he name the date for a general election, due later this year, with the country’s borders still closed as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Constitution determines how and when an election could be called and it has nothing to do with the fuddles of any opposition leader,” Rowley told a news conference on Saturday.

Persad Bissessar, speaking at a virtual media conference earlier this week, told reporters that should Rowley call a general election at a time when the borders are closed “our lawyers will be waiting.”

He said perhaps the Opposition Leader wants the border open “for her members to come back home as they should…but that is not the basis on which we conduct the health care issues of Trinidad and Tobago.

“The border is closed for a reason and its opening partially or in total would be a public health issue and not an election issue,” Rowley said.