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PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar has proposed to establish a national memorial to honour the victims of the 1990 coup attempt.

In her message to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the attack by armed insurgents, Persad-Bissessar said her People’s Partnership administration constituted the Sir David Simmons-led commission of enquiry and laid its four-volume report in parliament on March 14, 2014 – even waiving confidentiality on the final chapter. Guided by its recommendations, she said, her administration strengthened national security architecture and integrated the key findings into study programmes at our schools and universities. However, she said, work paused when the administration demitted office in 2015.

“Today, three months after returning to office, I reaffirm my government’s commitment to update that programme and consult on a fitting national memorial to the fallen, the injured, and the defenders,” Persad-Bissessar said.