Special Operations Bill passes Lower House

The Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Bill, 2026 has been passed in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives fol­low­ing a marathon sit­ting, with At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie say­ing the Gov­ern­ment is not promis­ing per­fec­tion from its lat­est crime-fight­ing mea­sure but will con­sid­er it a suc­cess if it de­liv­ers a steady and sus­tained re­duc­tion in vi­o­lent crime.

The Bill was passed short­ly af­ter mid­night on Sat­ur­day, af­ter the House sat for more than 13 hours on Fri­day.

Wrap­ping up the de­bate, Je­re­mie said the ul­ti­mate ob­jec­tive was a re­turn to peace, while ac­knowl­edg­ing that no piece of leg­is­la­tion could com­plete­ly erad­i­cate crime.