The state of emer­gency has been ex­tend­ed for a fur­ther three months, af­ter the mo­tion was passed in Par­lia­ment on Mon­day night with full op­po­si­tion sup­port.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar sig­naled her sup­port dur­ing her con­tri­bu­tion.

“I say to you, I will not ob­ject to these mo­tions,” said Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar. “But I do not be­lieve it will suc­ceed, be­cause noth­ing this gov­ern­ment touch­es suc­ceeds.”

Prime Min­is­ter Row­ley said the ex­ten­sion was nec­es­sary to give the po­lice a chance to con­tin­ue their work. He said by not hav­ing a cur­few, the av­er­age cit­i­zen was able to move about as nor­mal, and small busi­ness­es es­pe­cial­ly could con­tin­ue to work un­hin­dered. 

“We need to ex­tend the state of emer­gency, as tai­lored as it is, as un­ob­tru­sive as it is to the law-abid­ing cit­i­zen, let’s ex­tend it for an­oth­er three months and hope­ful­ly at the end of that three months we have made some sig­nif­i­cant progress,” Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley said as he wrapped up the de­bate. 

At the end of the three months, Par­lia­ment can meet again to ap­prove a one-time ex­ten­sion of a fur­ther three months. A state of emer­gency can­not last more than six months.