Parliament will meet on Friday to debate the matter. It requires a simple majority so there will be no difficulty with passing the measure since the People's partnership has a strong majority of 29 members in the 41-member House of Representatives.
Persad-Bissessar said the results of the State of Emergency in the first week have been very encouraging with the detention of more than 800 persons for a variety of offences.
She also said the times for the curfew may have to be adjusted. The curfew begins at nine in the evening and ends at five in the morning.
"So as advised by the National Security teams, the joint forces, we may want to take their advice in terms of reducing the curfew hours so that there could be more normal business," she said.
"First we go to Parliament on Friday to debate the statement of the President which was the rationale given for the State of Emergency," she said.
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