Akash Sama­roo

For­mer na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter Dr Jack Warn­er is warn­ing that while a State of Emer­gency may help a coun­try sur­vive pe­ri­ods of cri­sis, so­ci­eties can­not thrive in­def­i­nite­ly un­der emer­gency rule.

Warn­er made the com­ment yes­ter­day in a lengthy com­men­tary ti­tled When Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Be­come Prophets, as he re­flect­ed on Trinidad and To­ba­go’s so­cial and eco­nom­ic chal­lenges and ques­tioned the long-term im­pli­ca­tions of gov­ern­ing through ex­tra­or­di­nary mea­sures.