PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 14, CMC – Parliament Monday night as expected unanimously gave the green light to extend the state of emergency (SoE) by a further three months as both the government and the opposition traded words as to who is responsible for the murders in Trinidad and Tobago.
Legislators had earlier during the day “taken note” at the decision of the President Christine Kangaloo to declare the SoE on December 30 last year, even as Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar questioned the timing of the measure to curb criminal activity here.
As he piloted the motion seeking a three month extension of the SoE, Prime MInister Dr. Keith Rowley said that the 15 day period since the measure had been put in place was not sufficient to have had a genuine impact on the crime situation.
“It is too early to say that it has been successful, so we close the door after 15 days. We believe that we will put our officers out there to do more,” he told legislators.
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