Kamla tears up property tax form

Addressing a rally at the Debe FunSplash Water park, following a motorcade through ten southern UNC constituencies, to protest the property tax, Persad-Bissessar dared government to lock her up, for failing to submit the form by the May 22 deadline. She said she has received legal advice that the form is “null and void”, and no one is under any obligation in law to fill out and submit the forms.

Declaring she is prepared to fight the property tax, a fiery Persad- Bissessar blasted government saying it wasted the savings her People’s Partnership left in the country’s coffers. “I told you, we will fight them in the courts, fight them in the streets and in Parliament.” She urged people to join the battle against the “this back breaking tax” which she renamed the poverty tax.

“Here is the first battle that is in your hands and which you can win and we all can win,” said Persad- Bissessar as she held and then tore up the property tax form. “You are getting in your mail boxes a form like this. Does it have a name in it? Does it have an address on it? I am a lawyer, but I have consulted with other lawyers and we have gone through the Valuation Land Act and we have gone through the Property Tax Act and it is very clear that this form is null and void,” she said.

“And today I tell you, you have no obligation in law to fill out this form and send it in, none whatsoever.

There is nothing in the law, they cannot prosecute you. They can do you nothing,” she said.