Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has filed a motion of no confidence in the Minister of National Security, Stuart Young, claiming he has failed to “faithfully discharge his duties to the people of this nation”.  

Continuing her critique of Minister. Young’s handling of the exemption process since the closure of borders in March of last year, Persad-Bissessar said: “The confused and muddled manner in which Minister Young continues to preside over  the Government’s exemption process represents a new low for himself.”

She continued: “The necessity of this motion is underscored by the draconian and authoritarian decision to keep our borders closed to citizens, leaving tens of thousands of nationals stranded abroad and making Trinidad and Tobago the only nation in the entire world where nationals require an exemption directly from a Government Minister to return home. This Ministerial authoritarianism is unacceptable and unconstitutional.”

She says the Opposition will present a full case in the Parliament outlining every detail and every instance where it believes Minister Young has placed the security and reputation of our nation at risk.

This is not the first time the Opposition has filed a motion of no confidence in a National Security Minister under the Dr. Rowley led PNM government. 

Back in 2018, a motion was also filed against then Minister, Edmund Dillon.