KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR SAYS "PNM HAS AMNESIA" REGARDING 2024 S.O.E.
KAMLA POST COMPARING 2024 S.O.E. TO 2026 S.O.E.
Kamla Persad-Bissessar @PM_Kamla
The PNM's SOE AMNESIA During SOE 2024, the Emergency Powers Regulations, Regulation 12 stated:
No person shall– (a) endeavour, whether orally or otherwise, to influence public opinion in a manner likely to be prejudicial to public safety and order; or (b) do any act or have any article in his possession with a view to making or facilitating the making of any such endeavour.
The then PNM government was taken to court and was forced to amend the State of Emergency powers regulations, 2024, three months later by removing references to “public order” following a constitutional challenge. The Emergency Powers (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations, 2025, was signed by President Christine Kangaloo on March 21 2025, to eliminate the phrase “public order” from regulations 12(a) of the Schedule. The “public order” provisions were overly broad and unconstitutional, raising concerns that they could be used to suppress freedoms of speech, assembly, and political expression. Yet none of the current PNM MP’s who were then Cabinet ministers seem to remember these facts.
In the current SOE 2026, the Emergency Powers Regulations, Regulation 11 states: No person shall– (a) endeavour, whether orally or otherwise, to influence public opinion in a manner likely to be prejudicial to public safety; or (b) do any act or have any article in his possession with a view to making or facilitating the making of any such endeavour.
The regulations concerning freedom of speech, expression assembly and dissent were broad and restrictive under the PNM’s 2024 SOE use of “public order” while under the current 2026 SOE, it specific to endangerment of public safety.
On Friday the PNM had a public political meeting during the SOE to ironically complain that the government called an SOE to suppress public meetings.
They complained about interference to free speech, assembly and expression but then told the small audience present that the current State of Emergency regulations that have been published so far do not and cannot interfere with your right to freedom of expression.
They complained about crime and dictatorship but at the same meeting defended violent home invaders, and drug traffickers while also publicly supporting international dictatorships.
The haters, trolls, doomscrolllers, red couch alumni and my PNM fans who are self-gaslighting regarding the SOE 2026 regulations as a way to cope with my absence, need not worry or meltdown. Your loving Prime Minister will return soon. Have a wonderful Sunday evening 
OF COURSE WE HADDA POINT OUT THE FACTS