The minister said, “We must understand that because of the diminishing of homicides it appears there is more domestic violence. That has always been there. It’s not a situation that there is more domestic violence now than before.
“We must be cognisant of the fact our country is in a situation because of the limited incidence of crime, people are going about their business in a better frame of mind," Sandy added.
“Fear of crime is one of the aspects we want to eradicate and if we are successful in doing that I would be happy.”
He said the whole point of the state of emergency is to make keep a sustained assault on crime and to make people feel secure, noting that he would consider the emergency measures successful even if a single firearm were seized.
He said: “There are different views with respect to time factors. The business community has complained and they have reorganised themselves.
“As I have said in the past if we were to seize one firearm, if we were to prevent one murder then there is success.”
He did not make any commitment about changing the curfew hours, saying only that all things are possible. “These things are being considered all the time. With God all things are possible.” he added.
Sandy dismissed suggestions that the emergency has lost its original focus. He made it clear that the focvus remains the same - dealing with crime. “Once people are there and they are committing crimes they will be arrested,” he said.
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