De­spite the State of Emer­gency end­ing be­fore the height of the cur­rent Car­ni­val sea­son and the fail­ure of the Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) Bill in Par­lia­ment, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she ex­pects a fair­ly safe 2026 Car­ni­val.

Speak­ing at the Siparia Women’s As­so­ci­a­tion’s 28th an­nu­al Kid­dies Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in Pe­nal yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the pro­tec­tive ser­vices, un­der the Min­istries of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty and De­fence, were ful­ly mo­bilised for the sea­son, with all re­serves called out and ready to be de­ployed.

“We are al­ways con­cerned about crime. To­mor­row, I have a Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil meet­ing, and we will have fur­ther dis­cus­sions about the way for­ward,” Per­sad-Bisses­sar said.