00:00Contacted by TV6 News for a response to former Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley's call for her to fire the
00:06Attorney General and the Homeland Security Minister,
00:09Prime Minister Kamala Pesad-Besessa said that under Minister Alexander and A.G. Jeremy,
00:14there has been 400 less murders in the last 15 months than were projected to occur based on what had
00:21occurred under the PNM.
00:23The Prime Minister further said, quote, serious crimes are also down 15% this year.
00:28PNM strongholds have seen the largest decreases in murders and serious crimes over the last 15 months, end quote.
00:36Dr. Rowley, in his statement, said the population has been made aware of what he called the recklessness of this
00:41administration,
00:42as he called for the state of emergency to end now.
00:45Prime Minister Pesad-Besessa responded by saying, quote,
00:48if he wants to end the SOE and fire Minister Alexander and A.G. Jeremy, he can go ahead and
00:53do it.
00:54I don't know how he will do it because someone should explain to him that he is no longer Prime
00:59Minister
01:00and has become what he always complained about, a Facebook troll, end quote.
01:04Prime Minister Pesad-Besessa told TV6 News over 5,000 citizens were murdered, 8,000 were raped or sexually assaulted,
01:11and over 120,000 serious crimes occurred over his term in government.
01:16The Prime Minister further said, quote,
01:35In his statement, Dr. Rowley asked of the Prime Minister, quote,
01:39When she called me an Oreo in the service of the 1%, what did she think that was her birthright,
01:46end quote.
01:47Prime Minister Pesad-Besessa said in her statement, quote,
01:50Rowley failed to protect this country and most egregiously failed to protect the PNM's own strongholds from violent crime,
01:58but is now angry that a stinking coolie, as his supporters call me, is doing the job he never cared
02:05to do, end quote.
02:06The Prime Minister said law-abiding citizens are fully supporting the government in their fight against crime,
02:11and added law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear.
02:15Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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