OROPOUCHE East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal has expressed disappointment over the state of the University of the West Indies (UWI) South Campus in Debe.

Moonilal said while some of the parts of the campus that he saw were "horrific," there were parts of the campus which were operational and in good condition.

He made those comments to reporters outside of the campus in a video circulated on social media on May 20.

The campus falls within Moonilal's constituency.

Moonilal said he was part of a group that toured the campus and the tour was organised by UWI St Augustine Campus principal Professor Rose-Marie Belle Antoine.

He added Tertiary Education Minister Professor Prakash Persad and Oropouche West MP Dr Lackram Bodoe were also part of the group which included other UWI officials.

The media was reportedly not invited to tour the campus with group.

Neither Bodoe nor Persad were present with Moonilal when he spoke to the media after the tour.

They were subsequently unavailable for comment.

Moonilal, who is also Energy Minister, said, "It was a horrific experience in a certain way to see after ten years, the state of disrepair. the horrific state of some of the areas of this campus."

He described the campus as palatial and covering over 100 acres of of land.

Moonilal said the campus could compare with world class facilities such as the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

But he lamented the state of the campus over the last decade.

Moonilal claimed 75 per cent of the campus could be described as derelict site or a rust site that was overrun by vegetation in some places.

"Railings and fabricated work are in a state of rust and decay. The swimming pool is empty. The sporting facilities are run down."

Moonilal said the campus had a good cricket pavilion which was at the time overrun by bush and vines.

"A lot of corbeaux (are) now using this facility as a Resting place."

He said it was sad to see unoccupied student halls and potentially beautiful classrooms in a state of disrepair.

"I felt extremely angry that in ten years, the PNM government never opened this campus."

Moonilal said "This will take some funding to renovate...to rehabilitate...to refurbish in some cases. It is intricate work."

But Moonilal said there were some parts of the campus which are in use.

"On the other hand, Roytec has been occupying here for some time. A short time and there are facilities that are being used."

He said, "You can see where has been used and where they have fixed, it is top-of-the-line, state-of-the art facilities."

He recalled the campus was only occupied during the covid19 pandemic.

But he repeated, "It is really sad in ten years. This (campus) has been left in this state."

Moonilal lamented approximately $500 million in assets at campus "would have been left in a state of disrepair."

His comments raised questions about whether the campus will be open for classes in August as mentioned by UWI in statement on May 19.

Antoine and other UWI officials were unavailable for co