Opposition candidate for Oropouche East, Dr Roodal Moonilal said the just ended state of emergency (SoE) was an abject failure, strongly differing with acting Police Commissioner Junior Benjamin that it was a “win against spiralling crime.”

Addressing a meeting of the United National Congress (UNC) on April 14 at Bhupsingh Park, Penal, Moonilal said the three and a half months in which the SoE lasted had very little impact on reducing crime, which was the ultimate goal of the exercise, recording instead 111 murders.

tAt a press briefing on April 15, acting Police Commissioner Junior Benjamin said the murder rate for the year stood at 113.