Re­in­forc­ing the promise she made just two days ear­li­er, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day again as­sured the na­tion that with­in six months, the coun­try will wit­ness a marked de­cline in crime and crim­i­nal­i­ty. She main­tained that the tar­get is both re­al­is­tic and achiev­able, giv­en the re­sources her ad­min­is­tra­tion has at its dis­pos­al.

Per­sad-Bisses­sar first made the vow to work to­ward a “safer and hap­pi­er” Trinidad and To­ba­go dur­ing her swear­ing-in ad­dress on Thurs­day af­ter­noon.

Speak­ing with re­porters fol­low­ing the swear­ing-in of her Cab­i­net in the ball­room of the Pres­i­dent’s House, Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah, yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar reaf­firmed her com­mit­ment.