PM blanks African Emancipation Day celebrations, hits back over backlash

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has launched a scathing cri­tique against her de­trac­tors, claim­ing they are “con­sumed with an ir­ra­tional ha­tred that has dri­ven them de­ranged” as she fierce­ly re­pu­di­at­ed the back­lash sur­round­ing her ab­sence from yes­ter­day’s African Eman­ci­pa­tion Day ob­ser­vances in the cap­i­tal city.