00:00With Parliament set to debate legislation governing the Special Operations Bill tomorrow,
00:05Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Basasa says government is still examining the data
00:09before deciding which communities could be placed under ESO.
00:13And the Prime Minister is offering words of encouragement of four suspended schoolboys
00:17who apologised after a fight on the first day of the new school term.
00:23As the stage of emergency comes to an end,
00:26the government is preparing to move another security mechanism
00:30aimed at tackling crime in specific communities.
00:33The proposed Special Operations legislation is expected to come before Parliament tomorrow,
00:39but Prime Minister Kamala Passat-Basasa says no decisions have yet been made
00:43on the areas that could be so designated.
00:46She tells TV6, quote,
00:48we are looking at the data to make the appropriate decisions.
00:51Asked how long a community could remain under a special operation once designated,
00:58the Prime Minister says that decision has not yet been determined,
01:02adding, it's too premature to answer this.
01:06Kamala Passat-Basasa also expressed confidence in government security strategy
01:11as the country transitions from the state of emergency to the proposed ESO framework.
01:16She says, quote,
01:18there is nothing spectacular to anticipate tomorrow in the debate.
01:22The bill will pass and life will go on.
01:25The SOE was highly successful and the ESO strategy will also be highly successful.
01:30Law-abiding citizens have nothing to be concerned about, end quote.
01:35Passat-Basasa is also weighing in on the four schoolboys
01:38who were filmed fighting on the first day of school and subsequently apologised.
01:43She says she believes their apology was genuine
01:46and hopes the incident becomes a lesson for the students, saying, quote,
01:51I think they were contrite and I believe they will learn from their mistakes
01:55and be better behaved, end quote.
01:57She also offered the boys a personal message of encouragement.
02:01The Prime Minister said, quote,
02:03I want them to know that their Prime Minister loves them
02:06and wants them to have very successful and happy futures.
02:09I know they will return to school soon and I wish them all the best, end quote.
02:15And as tensions continue between management and the Communication Workers Union and TSTT,
02:20the Prime Minister says she's not concerned about the situation.
02:24She tells TV6, quote,
02:25it's the usual back and forth between management and the union, end quote.
02:31Orvishita Mori Rubnarain, TV6 News.
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