As T&T ob­served the 35th an­niver­sary of the 1990 at­tempt­ed coup, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro drew a strik­ing par­al­lel be­tween those dark days and the cur­rent cli­mate, warn­ing that the coun­try is again nav­i­gat­ing “try­ing times”.

Pay­ing trib­ute at the In­di­an Walk Pub­lic Ceme­tery in Princes Town yes­ter­day, Gue­var­ro ho­n­oured the sac­ri­fice of Spe­cial Re­serve Po­lice of­fi­cer Solomon Mc Leod, who be­came the first vic­tim of the vi­o­lent in­sur­rec­tion at­tempt on Ju­ly 27, 1990.

Speak­ing solemn­ly at Mc Leod’s grave, Gue­var­ro not­ed that the coun­try, once again, finds it­self un­der a State of Emer­gency, this time, prompt­ed by cir­cum­stances he said are “akin” to those that ig­nit­ed the at­tempt­ed over­throw of the gov­ern­ment 35 years ago.