Beckles demands answers over Maloney lockdown

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les is de­mand­ing that the Gov­ern­ment ex­plain its de­ci­sion to place the Mal­oney Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment un­der a cur­few and de­clare it a closed area, ques­tion­ing the ab­sence of rea­sons, an end date and clear arrange­ments for res­i­dents.

In a state­ment this morn­ing, Beck­les said fam­i­lies in Mal­oney were placed un­der the re­stric­tions from 9 pm on Tues­day, No­vem­ber 10, un­der the Gov­ern­ment’s Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Act, with res­i­dents re­port­ed­ly find­ing out on­ly min­utes be­fore the mea­sures took ef­fect.

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She said nei­ther Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar, At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie nor Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro had pro­vid­ed an ex­pla­na­tion for the de­ci­sion.