January 24, 2023

Government To Hold National Debate on Crime, PM Says

By Newsroom

With more murders than days for the year so far, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says his government will host a national debate on crime, to be held in early March.

As he made the announcement on Monday, Dr. Rowley repeated a call for citizens to work with law enforcement to curb the spread of crime and violence.

“You have some responsibility You cannot continue to pretend that you don’t know who is doing and what is going on and to expect miracle from the police to know who is doing, or thinking of doing it and who is hiding firearms…I am asking you to do the nation a favour in the house…and get that information to law enforcement,” PM Rowley said.

There have been at least 36 killings for the year to date.

In a 2023 New Year address, the Prime Minister lamented that Trinidad and Tobago reached record homicides in 2022, while other alarming crimes, such as persistent gun running, institutional corruption and facilitation, and the ever-increasing growth of gang activity in many parts of the country, were also seeing an increase.

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