Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday expressed sympathy to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, who was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday in St Joseph.
However, UNC deputy leader Dr Roodal Moonilal criticised the minister and suggested that negligence contributed to the “unfortunate incident.”
Persad-Bissessar said she empathises with all victims of crime, regardless of political affiliation, including Minister Deyalsingh.
Nonetheless, she was sceptical that crime reaching the Government’s doorstep would prompt any meaningful change and pointed out that “4,500 murders, including the brutal killings of children, daily violent home invasions, rapes, extortions, and out-of-control violent crime have not prompted a competent multifaceted anti-crime approach from this Government.