00:00Opposition Leader Pellari Beckles said on Facebook that she is praying for the family of Jelena Armstrong, an innocent child
00:07whose life was taken far too soon.
00:10The nine-year-old was one of four people killed by gunmen on Lady Young Road Mova on Sunday night.
00:16And early on Sunday morning, Acting Corporal Anouska Eversley was killed while on duty at the San Fernando Municipal Police
00:23Station where a large number of guns and ammunition was stolen.
00:26Opposition Leader Beckles said, quote, this weekend's bloodshed, even under a state of emergency, is a painful reminder that too
00:34many of us in Trinidad and Tobago are not safe.
00:37Who is winning? End quote.
00:38Opposition Leader Beckles described the government as being detached, directionless, dysfunctional, as she declared it is a government mismanaging a
00:47national crime crisis.
00:49Replying to the Prime Minister, the Opposition Leader said that the killing of a police officer and the theft of
00:54over 60 firearms from a municipal police station is not a municipal issue.
01:00The Opposition Leader declared it represents a national security crisis, as she also said there is a national leadership crisis.
01:09Prime Minister Prasad-Basasa had said that she was advised that the incident at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station
01:16was not an external attack on the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service or the National State Security Services.
01:23The Prime Minister further said, quote, it was an internal betrayal perpetrated against the Trinidad and Tobago Municipal Police Service
01:30attached to the San Fernando City Corporation.
01:33It should be noted that the TTPS is a distinct entity from the TTMPS.
01:39TTPS officers were not involved in the incident. End quote.
01:43Opposition Leader Beckles said, quote, the Prime Minister's attempt to draw distinctions between the TTPS and the municipal police is
01:51deeply troubling and amongst deflection at a time when the country is demanding accountability and leadership from the top. End
01:59quote.
02:00The Opposition Leader said, this incident represents a serious breakdown in security and the government cannot distance itself from that
02:07reality.
02:07The Opposition Leader further said, national security falls under the responsibility of the state as she declared the state has
02:14failed.
02:15Opposition Leader Beckles called on the government to immediately take responsibility for and present a credible strategy for what she
02:23declared to be the escalating crime situation gripping the country.
02:27Prime Minister Prasad-Bissetta said on Sunday that there is no need for any curfew during the present state of
02:33emergency and added, law enforcement continues to make progress to subdue what the Prime Minister called our over two decades
02:41old crime crisis.
02:43The Opposition Leader said, Trinidad and Tobago needs answers, action and a clear plan to recover all of these weapons
02:51and protect citizens.
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