To­ba­go East MP David Thomas has de­clared that To­ba­go’s par­lia­men­tary rep­re­sen­ta­tives are ful­ly be­hind the Gov­ern­ment’s ex­ten­sion of the State of Emer­gency (SoE), de­scrib­ing them­selves as part of the ad­min­is­tra­tion and ar­gu­ing that emer­gency pow­ers re­main nec­es­sary to bring crime un­der con­trol.

Con­tribut­ing to de­bate on the mo­tion to ex­tend the SoE for a fur­ther three months, Thomas re­ject­ed sug­ges­tions from Op­po­si­tion MPs that To­ba­go’s rep­re­sen­ta­tives should op­pose the mea­sure, in­sist­ing that both To­ba­go MPs sup­port the Gov­ern­ment’s ap­proach to tack­ling crime.

“I speak on be­half of my con­stituen­cy and all of To­ba­go, in­clud­ing my col­league. We sup­port the SOE,” Thomas told Par­lia­ment.