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Akash Sama­roo

In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor Fran­cis Lewis is call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to ex­tend the State of Emer­gency (SoE) in or­der to ad­dress the con­cerns be­ing ex­pressed about the pro­posed Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) law.

Con­tribut­ing to the de­bate on the Law Re­form (Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions) (Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Mea­sures) Bill, 2026, in the Sen­ate yes­ter­day, Lewis de­scribed the bill as “for­ward-think­ing” and “in­no­v­a­tive.”