Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has declared that the People's National Movement (PNM) will not support the Government's plan to extend the current state of emergency (SoE) for a further three months.

Beckles made the announcement on Sunday in a post on the social media platform X shortly after the Office of the Attorney General confirmed that Government would seek parliamentary approval for an extension of the emergency measure.

"The PNM predicted the incompetent UNC would extend the SOE. So said, so done. The PNM will not support this extension. The UNC has no crime plan and cannot keep restricting citizens' freedoms while arresting those who disagree. T&T is a democracy, not a police state," Beckles wrote.