Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

The Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to can­cel this year’s In­de­pen­dence Day pa­rade has sparked re­newed de­bate, with crim­i­nol­o­gist Dr Dar­ius Figuera warn­ing that it points to the pos­si­bil­i­ty of grave na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty threats.

Figuera not­ed the can­cel­la­tion came just days af­ter Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro de­clared that the threat which prompt­ed the de­c­la­ra­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SoE) had been neu­tralised.