Saying that the Government has a more “emphatic” approach towards crime and violence, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn yesterday argued in the National Assembly that serious crime decreased by 20 percent between 2015 and 2022.
“Mr Speaker we have always drawn the link between political activity, crime and violence….Mr Speaker, the overall decrease in the crime statistics between 2015 and 2022 is a decrease of 20.6 percent. We have reduced total robbery, serious crime, murder and violence by average figure of 20 percent,” Benn yesterday said during his budget contribution.
After focusing on a number of other sectors, Benn yesterday morning shifted his attention to crime and security in response to heckling from the Opposition side of the House of “let’s talk security”.
