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The National Security Minister told the Parliament a parent has suggested a curfew, but not for the nation's adults.  However, the Opposition Leader is questioning why the Minister  referred to this at all, since the Government has maintained that this State of Emergency does not include a curfew.  Juhel Browne reports.

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00:00National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hines gave an explanation to the House

00:04of Representatives about one key aspect of the present state of emergency in

00:09Trinidad and Tobago. We have about a hundred and thirty seven people in

00:12custody now because of the five hundred and something I told you about they

00:17would have been charged some of them they go you know and different things

00:21because as the law that the member quoted from today says you're not going

00:26to pick up somebody on emergency powers if it's for some trifling offense

00:29obscene language or something else the law says that so even though you arrest

00:35you charge they go about in normal business and you maintain your focus on

00:40the gang operators. The government has sought to make it clear that the state

00:44of emergency which took effect on December 30th 2024 does not restrict

00:49public gatherings and does not include a curfew. On January 13th 2025 Minister

00:56Hines told the lower house about one letter he had received. A parent made

01:01contact with me and suggested that we consider and this is probably not the

01:06best place to say it but I think it's worthy of mention that we should

01:10consider a parent you know supporting this effort that we should consider a

01:17curfew for children persons under the age of 17 you would have heard senior

01:23superintendent in charge of Tobago and the ACP say children are being drawn

01:27into this. Within from 2022 to now 52 youngsters below the age of 17 lost

01:34their lives in this country. 52. Minister Hines the outgoing MP for

01:40Laventille West said he did not think the parents suggestion is an unworthy

01:45call. And this parent is saying this is a good opportunity in light of all the

01:50achievements you all have had so far in two weeks into the state of emergency

01:54bring it on for the youngsters keep them indoors. That parent thinks the measure

01:59will serve to reduce the risk of exposure to homicide. We saw in Tobago

02:04recently two youngsters one filming the other one carry another one 15 years old

02:09to his death. The measure should assist in reducing the level of destruction of

02:14our country's juveniles from their attention and focusing on their education.

02:20Opposition leader Kamala Basarba Sesa later responded to Minister Hines. They

02:25all spent time here and elsewhere supporting their policy position no

02:32curfew no curfew hey this thing is great no curfew we're not restricting people

02:36no curfew and then the member for Laventille West comes to tell us to consider

02:42putting in the regulations matters relating to curfews. What is the position

02:49of his government on that? The opposition leader then posed the further questions

02:53to the government. What is his own position? Has it been discussed or is I

02:57just felt it all here today as a parent called him great we love parents we're

03:02all many of us are parents. What is the thinking of the cabinet? Has it been

03:07discussed with the cabinet? Does any other member of government is any

03:11government member aware that the Minister for National Security is now

03:16proposing a curfew after you all stringently adamantly said no curfew.

03:21Minister Hines said he was just sharing with the lower house the concerned

03:26citizens suggestion of a curfew for those under the age of 17 as the

03:31government's and opposition's elected MPs held their debate on a three-month

03:36extension of the state of emergency. Jule Brown TV6 News.

HINDS SAID PARENT SUGGESTS CURFEW FOR UNDER-17

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