OPPOSITION MP for Port of Spain South Keith Scotland, SC, is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to make her claims against him outside the protection of parliamentary privilege regarding the handling of the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission’s (T&TEC) claim against Flavorite Foods Ltd.He yesterday described her statements as “very egregious attacks” on his professional character and denied any wrongdoing in the handling of T&TEC’s claim against Flavorite. The Prime Minister made the claims in the House of Representatives during the motion to adopt the report of the Standing Finance Committee.Speaking to reporters outside Parliament in Port of Spain and flanked by Opposition members, Scotland said, “The Prime Minister, in the Parliament chamber under the shield of parliamentary privilege, made some very egregious attacks on my professional character.”He said he reviewed the allegations raised by the Prime Minister in a short space of time and maintained that neither he nor his legal team failed to take the necessary legal steps in the matter.He said the matter centres on T&TEC’s claim against Flavorite Foods and made three assertions.Firstly, he said there was no document under his hand indicating that “anything that was filed was not filed”.Secondly, he maintained that the matter was not statute-barred.“The action is not statute-barred because in 2024, the claim on behalf of T&TEC was refiled and we have a stamped request for entry of judgement in default of appearance,” he said.Scotland explained that while the files were subsequently taken back by the client, what occurred afterwards “is no concern of ours”.He stressed, “Under these circumstances, I invite the Prime Minister to make these claims outside of Parliament,” insisting he possessed documentation to support his position.He reiterated his call for the Prime Minister to repeat those allegations outside Parliament.“I understand that something may have happened with her favourite blue-eyed boy in Parliament and maybe they want to say I was involved and they think they could come at me. They cannot come at me with this matter,” he said.Insisting that he had documentary evidence, Scotland said the records showed not only that the claim had been refiled but that an application for judgment in default of appearance had also been submitted.“I have the documentation in my hand, where not only was the claim refiled, but the judgment in default of appearance was made, supported with all the documents, and we even have a query from the Registrar querying some of the issues that were raised in the judgment,” he said.Scotland this information had not been disclosed to the public.“I want to set the record straight. What we will not do is that I will not be silenced,” he stated.He said he would stand against injustice meted out against any parliamentary staff, meted out “against people of Trinidad and Tobago”.Scotland also noted that he was no longer actively practising law during part of the period, having suspended his legal practice while serving in Cabinet.He further contended that the Prime Minister had overlooked legal provisions that suspended limitation periods during the Covid-19 pandemic.“It is in time, remembering that two years were suspended for filings due to Covid. That seems to have been the limitation point that seems to have escaped the Prime Minister,” he said.Scotland accused the Government of attempting to damage his reputation but vowed to continue speaking out on issues he considers unjust.“What we will not do is I will not be silenced,” he said. “They will not silence my voice with attacks on my character, attacks on me and, by extension, my family.”Asked whether everything required in the matter had been done before he ceased involvement, Scotland said that, to the best of his knowledge, the initial issues with the claim had been corrected, the matter had been refiled in time, and an application for judgment in default of appearance had subsequently been made.He said he intends to contact T&TEC regarding the matter.