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The State of Emergency (SoE) has been extended until September after the Government secured a majority vote in Parliament shortly after midnight on Thursday.
The motion to extend the SoE was passed at 12.27 am with 26 UNC MPs and the two TPP MPs voting in favour. Twelve Opposition PNM MPs present voted against it.
Piloting the motion, Attorney General John Jeremie pointed to reduced murder rates and argued the measure was producing results.
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