Luncheon: No talks with criminals

The government has no intention of engaging criminals in any dialogue and will continue to take an aggressive approach to those hiding out in the East Coast backlands.

Jesuit priest Fr Malcolm Rodrigues had put forward a proposal for the political directorate to engage in dialogue with the criminals or domestic terrorists to get to the root cause of why they were engaging in criminal activities. Asked about this proposal, as reported in Monday’s edition, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said, “We have to be resolute and reject this position