{"id":15894,"date":"2024-01-26T13:51:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15894"},"modified":"2024-01-26T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T13:51:26","slug":"budget-debates-day-2-benn-and-ramjattan-clash-over-security-sector-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/budget-debates-day-2-benn-and-ramjattan-clash-over-security-sector-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Budget Debates Day 2: Benn and Ramjattan Clash Over Security Sector Management"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The second day of the budget debates in the National Assembly saw a heated exchange between Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and Opposition MP Khemraj Ramjattan over the management of the security sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ramjattan, in his opening remarks, highlighted the alarming increases in road accidents, fatalities, and fires across the country, emphasizing the urgent need to address these issues and substantially lower the numbers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He called for a more robust and effective management of the public security sector to enhance law and order in all administrative regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josiah-Security-Debates-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Minister Benn outlined the efforts made by the PPP administration to ensure accountability and effective monitoring of the public security sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that stringent efforts are being made to develop all security institutions under his charge, leading to a steady decline in serious crimes over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Josiah-Security-Debates-2.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benn highlighted improvements in work ethic, professionalism, and standards of delivery within the security institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the debate took a turn when several opposition MPs walked out of the Parliament Chambers after being cautioned by Speaker Manzoor Nadir over disruptive behavior during Minister Benn&#8217;s contribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of the budget debates in the National Assembly saw a heated exchange between Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and Opposition MP Khemraj Ramjattan over the management&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15898,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15894\/revisions\/15898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}