THE House of Representatives will sit on July 28, at 1.30 pm to debate the state of emergency (SoE), government and opposition sources told Newsday on July 22. The information was confirmed to Newsday by both leader of government business Barry Padarath and opposition whip Marvin Gonzales.

President Christine Kangaloo had declared the SoE on July 18, after the general public had earlier awakened to news of the SoE via a two-page statement by Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro. He had announced the shocking news that an amalgamation of criminal gangs had drawn up a hit-list of key members of the criminal justice system plus other public officials.

Guevarro alleged these gangs have been funding themselves by criminal activities including robbery, kidnapping people for ransom, and the extortion of business places.