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The four new senators who will be serving in the Fourth Session of the 12th Parliament are Professor Gerard A. Hutchinson, career journalist Sunity Maharaj, multi-disciplinary artist Dr. Sharda Patasar and Calypso Monarch 2018, Helon Francis.

Senator Maharaj spoke with CCN TV6 about the President's address after the Ceremonial Opening of Parliament on Monday.
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00:00 The five priorities she listed are very critical priorities.
00:04 Anybody would say crime is number one.
00:06 And there are many others, interests that we could add as well.
00:10 So I think some people have got their marching orders in a sense.
00:14 She has put those issues like the declaration of the SINPAN as a national instrument.
00:21 She has put that on the agenda in a very public way.
00:25 I don't know what could be very difficult about that, but we'll see.
00:28 But clearly, how do we get nothing is possible in an environment of insecurity?
00:35 Everything, whether it's the economy, whether it's just the joy in the country,
00:41 as the business people say, the children going to school, all of these things,
00:46 you need an environment of peace.
00:48 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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