00:00Barataria San one MP Saddam Hussein told the house on Monday that even after the
00:05state of emergency was declared the murders continued. I just want to express
00:12my deepest condolences to the family of Kumari Bach an attorney at law my
00:19colleague a person who was in law school with me who was brutally murdered at a
00:27Komoto residence together with her loving husband while the state of
00:32emergency was in effect. MP Hussein said the nation had to wait for the
00:37regulations of the SOE to be published. The evening before this state of
00:43emergency was announced on the Monday there was a big line in Tobago at the
00:47Prime Minister's residence in Tobago Madam Speaker big line several persons
00:53were invited Madam Speaker I don't know if it's being a big wigs or not but
00:56Madam Speaker a couple hours later they then find this information a we need to
01:01call office we need to call a state of emergency. Madam Speaker this state of
01:05emergency was not well thought out it was not planned properly and it is not
01:10being executed properly. Energy Minister Stuart Young was the acting
01:14Attorney General when the state of emergency first took effect. He told the
01:19lower house that the state of emergency was called to deal with a major threat
01:23posed by criminal gangs and others with illegal firearms and ammunition. It would
01:29be most unfortunate and it would be a dereliction of my duty not to correctly
01:33record because I sat here and listened in amazement to the thumping of deaths
01:38when the member for Barataria Sour spoke with delight in his voice about certain
01:44prime ministerial activities that took place the evening before in appreciation
01:50at the end of year that had been planned for weeks in advance but this is
01:53a government that can move on its feet this is a government that can process
01:57information and take serious decisions to protect the population. The Energy
02:03Minister told the Parliament what happened shortly after midnight on
02:06December 30th. This is a government that was able to get a cabinet note done a
02:12cabinet approved and her excellency the president to then consider what was put
02:17before her that forms the basis of the decision to declare a state of emergency.
02:23Minister Young said in the president's office responded to the government at
02:262.30 that morning with a proclamation which the National Security Minister
02:32immediately sent to the Police Commissioner and the Chief of Defence
02:36staff. Jule Brown TV6 News
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