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The return of the ZOSO BILL is a clear indication the Government has no crime plan claims Leader of the Opposition Pennelope Beckles as she spoke with TV6 News following the PNM'S National Women's League membership meeting and brunch, in Tobago . More from Elizabeth Williams.
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00:00I mean, for us, they have recognized that the state of emergency has not been successful.
00:06They have no crime plan. And here again, I mean, the measures are going to be very similar.
00:13But this one, of course, the Prime Minister has a lot of discretion.
00:17We await the bill because we have recognized that this government is not serious about Topeka.
00:23The PNM political leader Penelope Beckles spent most of her day in Topeka
00:28celebrating her birthday at the PNM's National Women's League brunch
00:33at the Hampton Lowlands Multipurpose Facility on Saturday.
00:37She said the Prime Minister needs to address the nation on the abuse of powers of the State of Emergency
00:43SOE.
00:44It's about time that the Honourable Prime Minister comes and addresses the nation
00:49and tells the nation what is your crime plan.
00:53It's not sufficient to put it simply to use data and say to us there's a reduction here and there's
01:00a reduction here.
01:01Because you can ask people at the moment, I mean, do you really feel safer?
01:05I mean, listening to the Minister of Homeland Security, you know, giving all this data,
01:11to give the impression as though, you know, you have done so well as it relates to crime.
01:15But we understand that a lot of the successes are related to the fact that they have been abusing their
01:23powers.
01:23She said the Prime Minister has questions to answer.
01:26And you're actually giving data. As a matter of fact, you're giving evidence.
01:31You're telling us what God may belong to. You're telling us these people unknown to the police.
01:36You're literally talking as if you have evidence as it relates to these persons having committed some crime.
01:44And after days in custody, we just simply released them.
01:49I mean, the people of Trinidad and Tobago are really, really disappointed that this government's prime plan is the state
01:57of an agency.
01:58She said the Prime Minister must reveal the names of the two independent senators whom she claimed wanted bribes to
02:05support the Zoso bill,
02:06which was previously brought to Parliament.
02:09Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
02:15We are a Christian.
02:15I mean, we really appreciate that.
02:15And we have a Christian.
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