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At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie is an­tic­i­pat­ing that stand-your-ground leg­is­la­tion will be laid in Par­lia­ment af­ter the up­com­ing mid-year bud­get re­view.

How­ev­er, Je­re­mie said the process is still in the ear­ly stages, as the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty has been tasked with as­sem­bling a spe­cialised com­mit­tee to pro­vide him with de­tailed in­struc­tions for draft­ing the leg­is­la­tion.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al ex­plained, “I asked them to get the com­mit­tee es­tab­lished by the end of June. And if that is done, I’m hop­ing that I can get some rec­om­men­da­tions be­fore Par­lia­ment is re­cessed. So, some­time af­ter the mid-year bud­get re­view and be­fore we re­cess. That’s what I’m look­ing at.”