REGIONAL security consultant Dr Garvin Heerah said the decision to extend the state of emergency (SoE) for a further three months should not be made without clearly defined objectives and measurable outcomes.

“The decision to extend a state of emergency is not one that should be made on momentum alone,” he told the Express yesterday.

He was responding to announcement by the Office of the Attorney General on Sunday that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar would be going to Parliament tomorrow with a resolution to debate a three-month extension to the SoE.