Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago, Dr. Keith Rowley

Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad Bissessar is threatening to sue Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley.

Mrs. Persad Bissessar says she has given instructions to her lawyers to initiate legal action against Dr. Keith Rowley for statements he made about her during a news conference last Friday.

Dr. Rowley called a news conference last Friday in response to Mrs. Persad Bissessar statements, made earlier in the day.

The topic was how 150,000 barrels of fuel, which left Trinidad and Tobago for Aruba, ended up in Venezuela.

At his news conference on Friday the Prime Minister sought to put to rest the issue surrounding the sale by Paria and a meeting he had with Venezuela’s Vice President Delcy Rodriguez in Port of Spain earlier this year.

Yesterday, Mrs. Persad Bissessar found it hard to believe the Prime Minister’s explanation.

Dr. Rowley said on the weekend, the actions of Trinidad and Tobago broke no international law.

The Prime Minister has been accusing Mrs. Persad Bissessar and one of her MPs, Dr. Roodal Moonilal of trying to get the United States to impose sanctions on Trinidad and Tobago.

Both have denied this.