April 28, 2023

Opposition To Motion of No Confidence Against Hinds Today

By Newsroom

When the House of Representatives sits on Friday afternoon, Opposition MPs will move a private motion of no confidence in National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.

It follows persistent calls from the UNC for Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to strip Hinds of his portfolio amid a mounting crime problem. 

Last week, as regional leaders met in Port of Spain to discuss the issue of crime and violence as a public health issue, Dr. Rowley mentioned that crime was a problem every administration has to grapple with, despite whoever is appointed to lead the fight.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, just look at media reports. They appear to be telling us that across the region, territories are under siege from the acts of crime and violence from elements of our own society, just minorities, who are today creating larger atmospheres of fear, despondency, trauma, surrender, and hopelessness, among us all. This is a battle in which we must all be engaged. This is a war that we cannot afford to lose,” PM Rowley said on April 17.

“Ole talk is cheap, we know that but let us try and extract some light from the expressions of the next two days, in the fervent hope and expectation that the beast of violence which has stalked us for virtually all our existence in this blue Caribbean Sea, will be starved of its sustenance, condemned to wither and die so that we all may live in peace, safety and harmony from the home to the school to the streets to the borders,” he said at the time.

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