For­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley says the courts have “em­bar­rassed” the Gov­ern­ment in­to tem­porar­i­ly pulling back from what he de­scribed as an abuse of State of Emer­gency (SoE) pow­ers, but warns that the ad­min­is­tra­tion re­mains “a dan­ger to every cit­i­zen” de­spite the re­lease of busi­ness­man Do­minic Hadeed and his wife Genevieve.

Re­spond­ing to ques­tions from Guardian Me­dia af­ter Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der re­voked the Pre­ven­tive De­ten­tion Or­ders (PDOs) against the Hadeeds on Thurs­day, Row­ley yes­ter­day said the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion did not change what he be­lieves is a broad­er pat­tern of con­sti­tu­tion­al over­reach.

“The courts have em­bar­rassed them in­to tem­po­rary re­straint but they re­main a dan­ger to every cit­i­zen of this coun­try,” Row­ley said.