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FORMER minister Camille Robinson-Regis has called on the United National Congress (UNC) Government to “stop the grandstanding” and the “theatrics” and get on with the business of governing.

Robinson-Regis issued a statement yesterday taking the Government to task for the claim made by Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander that police stations were being used as courts.

“Yet again, we have the spectacle of the Judiciary having to defend itself against the deliberate misinformation being peddled by the UNC, this time not only by a minister who seemingly does not even know the proper name of his ministry, but whose evidence in court was recently described by the presiding judge as unbelievable,” she said. “The Judiciary has stated quite clearly that police stations have not been converted into courtrooms. However, as part of its policy in criminal matters, charged persons appear the same day virtually and without the need to be transported to a courthouse. This arrangement does not convert police stations into courtrooms—it just puts the accused in front of a computer for a virtual appearance,” she added.