MINISTER of Public Utilities and Leader of Government Business Barry Padarath has come out firmly in support of the decision to detain Diego Martin resident Olive Green-Jack under the Emergency Powers Regulations 2025, saying the action was necessary to protect the Prime Minister and other public officials from targeted threats.

Speaking with the media outside Parliament yesterday, Padarath said the Government had no hesitation in backing the Commissioner of Police’s decision, and in his view, the move “should have come sooner.”

Green-Jack was detained after she circulated on social media a photograph of the Prime Minister’s private residence, accompanied by a post urging the Venezuelan government to “target” the home. The detention order described her online activity as posing an “imminent threat to public safety”, he stated.