National Security Council to decide fate of SoE today

Akash Sama­roo

The Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil (NSC) will meet to­day to de­ter­mine the fu­ture of the State of Emer­gency (SoE), which is due to ex­pire on Sep­tem­ber 17, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has con­firmed.

Speak­ing with re­porters out­side the Hall of Jus­tice in Pot-of-Spain fol­low­ing the open­ing of the 2026/2027 Law Term yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar de­clined to say whether the Gov­ern­ment would seek a fur­ther ex­ten­sion of the emer­gency mea­sures or al­low them to lapse.