That is the example that the PNM MPs and supporters set for the younger generations, to denigrate and desecrate Emancipation Day.” The Prime Minister further accused the Opposition of planning to use the event to target her. “I eagerly look forward to round two of ‘boo Kamla the stinking c****e’ on Independence Day. She maintained that Emancipation Day belongs to all Trinidad and Tobago and should not be viewed through a partisan lens. Persad-Bissessar has rejected those criticisms, accusing the PNM of weaponising Emancipation celebrations and targeting Afro-Trinidadians who support the UNC.