00:00Aruka Lopino, Port of Spain South, they should have known that they left the Trinidad and Tobago.
00:09I object. I have to not even answer the question.
00:18Sit down. Sit down.
00:23The loud objections from Port of Spain South MP Keith Scotland, the former minister of policing,
00:29to the claim made in the House of Representatives by Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander
00:34about state security during the former PNM administration.
00:39House Speaker Jagdeo Singh intervened.
00:42You know I'm standing by, allowing all of you all to indulge in this glorified juvenile behavior
00:50in the presence of parliamentarians across the Commonwealth.
00:54Port of Spain South.
00:56All right. Minister, could you just stick to an answer and leave out the unnecessary hyperbole?
01:10The speaker then informed the minister the two-minute time period was up for the urgent question,
01:16which was earlier raised by opposition MP Hans Deveens.
01:20Given the recent kidnapping involving two citizens at Monas Island,
01:27can the minister indicate what immediate measures have been implemented
01:30to safeguard the public and prevent similar kidnappings?
01:35The couple were kidnapped for a reported U.S. $2.5 million ransom.
01:39To answer the question for the member for Diego Martin-West,
01:46the Trantobago Police Service, who has a responsibility to protect and serve with pride,
01:52at this time, they are coordinating operations with the Trantobago Coast Guard
01:58Minister Alexander continue to speak about the work of the police and the Coast Guard.
02:11Their intentions are to protect the citizens in and around those areas considered vulnerable,
02:23but also, and it includes to safeguard the public of Trantobago,
02:31and to prevent further incidents of that nature.
02:37MP Deveens posed a follow-up question.
02:42Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, for your discretion.
02:45To the Minister of Homeland Security,
02:47what specific maritime assets and radar surveillance were active in the Gulf of Parry
02:51at the time of the abduction,
02:53and why did they fail to detect or intercept the perpetrator's vessel?
02:56Minister, that's an entirely different question from the primary question.
03:01Speaker Singh did not permit the follow-up question by MP Deveens.
03:05Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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