Panday wants Parliament recalled to debate crime

Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday predicts that at the current rate of murders in Trinidad and Tobago the country would record more than 500 homicides this year.

And he has called on the government to reconvene Parliament to discuss escalating crime, which he said is out of control.

Panday made the statements at a media briefing at the Rienzi Complex, Couva, on Wednesday night, noting that several countries have issued advisories to their citizens about the high incidence of crime in the country.

Britain updated its travel advisory last week warning of the dangers of visiting Trinidad and Tobago following last weekend's brutal attack on a British couple in Tobago.

Panday said the United National Congress (UNC) believes that this would add to the recession problem in this country as it would impact on tourism and lead to further unemployment.