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Akash Sama­roo and

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says she is not sur­prised the Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions (ZOSO) Bill was de­feat­ed in the Sen­ate, adding drug mafias and gang mem­bers are now hap­py.

The Law Re­form (Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions) Spe­cial Se­cu­ri­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment 2026 Bill, which re­quired a three-fifths ma­jor­i­ty for pas­sage, did not re­ceive sup­port from a sin­gle In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor last night.