Akash Sama­roo

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­fend­ed the ac­tions of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in shut­ting down a protest out­side the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions on Wednes­day, warn­ing that at­tempts to in­tim­i­date pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al of­fi­cials “will not be tol­er­at­ed” dur­ing the on­go­ing State of Emer­gency (SoE).

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar praised po­lice for what she de­scribed as a quick re­sponse to se­cure the DPP’s of­fice from pos­si­ble threats.