The Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is again at­tempt­ing to hold a post bud­get meet­ing. Venue this time, the Ari­ma Town Hall. Speak­ing at the par­ty's Gen­er­al Coun­cil meet­ing yes­ter­day, par­ty chair­man Franklin Khan said a let­ter had been faxed to the Of­fice of the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) re­quest­ing per­mis­sion to con­vene the meet­ing.

"While we are aware un­der the state of emer­gency we have lost our right to as­sem­ble and en­gage in po­lit­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ty, it still pro­vides for per­mis­sion to be grant­ed from the CoP for such ac­tiv­i­ty. It is a bud­get meet­ing that has been tak­ing place since 1987. It pos­es ab­solute­ly no threat to any­one," Khan said. The PNM's ap­pli­ca­tion to hold such meet­ing last week was turned down.