Akash Sama­roo

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ques­tioned whether Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is act­ing in­de­pen­dent­ly, al­leg­ing that Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar was be­hind the cre­ation of 15 new no-protest zones be­cause her Gov­ern­ment is fear­ful of grow­ing pub­lic op­po­si­tion.

Speak­ing at a Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) meet­ing in Arou­ca on Thurs­day night, Beck­les sug­gest­ed the Prime Min­is­ter had pri­or knowl­edge of the re­stric­tions be­fore they were pub­licly ex­plained by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS), rais­ing con­cerns about who was tru­ly re­spon­si­ble for the de­ci­sion.