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Crim­i­nal de­fence at­tor­ney Ul­ric Sker­ritt is urg­ing Gov­ern­ment to di­vulge more in­for­ma­tion on the in­tro­duc­tion of Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSOs), as he feels most of the pub­lic is still not aware of what such a strat­e­gy would en­tail.

The Law Re­form (Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tion) (Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment Mea­sures) Bill, 2026, was de­bat­ed in the Sen­ate on Tues­day. De­bate is sched­uled to con­tin­ue to­mor­row.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia about the planned law yes­ter­day, Sker­ritt, who is al­so a for­mer po­lice of­fi­cer, said while he has not read the de­tails be­hind the pro­posed strat­e­gy, greater con­sul­ta­tion and clear­er com­mu­ni­ca­tion was need­ed on the part of Gov­ern­ment, even be­fore the bill was brought to Par­lia­ment for de­bate.