00:00Recognizing that not everyone may be able to afford expensive home security systems in their homes to deter criminals,
00:08Prime Minister Kamla Prasad-Bissessa is encouraging other, cheaper mechanisms that can have the same effect.
00:15Which is to put a panic button.
00:18So that is not as if you don't have the CCTV cameras, you don't have anything,
00:23any time you're worried, just press that button and it won't place.
00:26It's noise. It's like a siren blaring.
00:30We did that at our home, saying it is not something expensive to do.
00:37Maybe you can consider that until we can get the criminals safely locked away and behind bars.
00:43Speaking to constituents at a Stand Your Ground public consultation at her penal office on Tuesday night,
00:50she said the murder rate has gone down by 34% since the start of the SOE.
00:55She also encouraged people to submit concerns and suggestions to the government surrounding the proposed Stand Your Ground legislation
01:04as they hope to bring it to Parliament when the sitting resumes in September.
01:08On Tuesday, every resident who raised questions or concerns were hopeful the bill will offer greater protection to victims.
01:16When that bill becomes law, that legislation is going to be a valuable tool for victims of home invasion.
01:29When we whooped those invaders who come into our home, we wouldn't have to answer.
01:36We will be innocent victims rather than how the law has it presently.
01:44The draft suggests a penalty of 20 years imprisonment and a $500,000 fine or 25 years imprisonment and a $750,000 fine in most serious cases.
01:57These are actually higher than some of the drug and firearms offences.
02:04That's to tell you how serious we are in terms of these penalties.
02:08Very, very serious. We want to make them very, very serious crimes.
02:12We do not think that we would get, well, we hope we don't get any pushback on that.
02:17But then you never know. There are some who don't want these things to change.
02:22Senator Alaha says while the bill needs and they have a three-fifths majority in the lower house, the battle will be when it goes to the upper house.
02:32In the Senate, we have to work very hard because we need four more votes.
02:37We have to work very hard, but let's see how that goes.
02:41But that's why we want you to support us.
02:43The question is, should the home invasion, self-defense and defense of property bill 2025 be brought to parliament at the earliest possible opportunity?
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