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The Tran­si­tion­al Pres­i­den­tial Coun­cil (TPC) says it has ap­proved US$275,000 to­wards deal­ing with the se­cu­ri­ty cri­sis fac­ing the French-speak­ing  Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (CARI­COM) coun­try.

It said that the fund­ing rep­re­sents the com­mit­ment of the state to act de­ci­sive­ly with the crim­i­nal gangs that con­trol most of the cap­i­tal and are seek­ing to over­throw the gov­ern­ment.

In a state­ment, the gov­ern­ment said that the “war bud­get” will help the po­lice and the mil­i­tary “to fight the armed groups that threat­en na­tion­al sta­bil­i­ty”.