Analyst: Don’t expect another chance

He added the prime minister acted in a “no-nonsense” manner given questions and concerns which arose over a guest at McDonald’s swearing in ceremony last Friday.

Asked whether she should consider resigning as an MP after her second dismissal from the Cabinet, Basdeo said, “No, she was elected as an MP which is up to her and her constituents to determine her future as to whether they want her to remain so.

“But the point about that is, clearly she has been fired as a minister from a ministerial portfolio.

And if she has been fired for the reasons we are speculating she has been fired for, the association that she has, it is hardly likely she will come back as a minister in this term.” Asked about Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s calls for a new election, he said, “Well every opposition leader, that is their role and function. They are to call on the government to call fresh election.”