THE INNOVATIVE Democratic Alliance (IDA) has called on Chief Secretary Farley Augustine and Tobago parliamentarians, Joel Sampson and David Thomas, to publicly state their views on the brewing impasse between TT and Venezuela.

The party’s call came after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, at a recent post-cabinet news conference, warned that TT is “off limits” to Venezuela.

She also warned that any illegal incursion by any unidentified vessel into TT waters would be met with deadly force by local security forces. Persad-Bissessar also declared her government’s support for the United States on matters concerning Venezuela.