Se­cu­ri­ty per­son­nel as­signed to the Par­lia­ment, as well as in­tel­li­gence of­fi­cers with­in the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice, say they are in the dark con­cern­ing any threats against Gov­ern­ment MPs or min­is­ters.

Speak­ing un­der the con­di­tion of anonymi­ty yes­ter­day, se­cu­ri­ty of­fi­cials who deal with the pro­tec­tion of the Par­lia­ment said they were on­ly made aware of sup­posed threats af­ter the dis­clo­sure was made by At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie and was sub­se­quent­ly aired and pub­lished by the me­dia.

Dur­ing the de­bate on a bill to pro­vide for a pa­role sys­tem on Wednes­day, Je­re­mie re­vealed that a na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty in­ci­dent sparked by a Bel­mont gang mem­ber last Fri­day, had trig­gered a high­er de­gree of pro­tec­tion of MPs in Par­lia­ment and cer­tain Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials had to be giv­en ad­di­tion­al pro­tec­tion.