INDEPENDENT Senator Dr Marlene Attzs has warned government not to retreat on its responsibility to fight crime by shifting that responsibility on to ordinary citizens through the passage of stand-your-ground legislation.

She issued this warning during her contribution to debate on the Home Invasion (Self-Defence and Defence of Property) Bill, 2025 on December 2. Debate on the bill continues in the Senate on December 5.

Referring to an earlier contribution by temporary government senator Dr Kirk Meighoo about the UNC promising to reduce crime by 50 per cent over the next five years the UNC delivering on its campaign promises since winning the April 28 general election, Attzs declared, "The government cannot retreat from the battle it was elected to fight (crime). The people of this country voted for the government to fight this battle on their behalf."