President Christine Kangaloo will honor those who lost their lives during the attempted coup d’état of July 27, 1990, on July 29. The president will lay a wreath at the cenotaph alongside the Speaker and Senate president, as stated in a news release from the Parliament. This remembrance ceremony aims to pay tribute to those who lost their lives and remember those whose names are inscribed on the cenotaph.
The tribute is set to commence at 5:30 pm at the Red House on Abercromby Street in Port of Spain. A procession featuring officers of the parliamentary police unit will precede the laying of wreaths. The event will also include the playing of the “Last Post” by a bugler of the police service and a moment of silence.
The Parliament expressed its solidarity with the families, friends, and colleagues of the individuals who lost their lives during the insurrection by members of the Jamaat al Muslimeen at the Red House. This year marked 34 years since the attempted coup on July 27.
The public had the opportunity to pay respects and lay wreaths at the cenotaph at the Red House between 6 am and 6 pm. Among the fallen are Leo Des Vignes, MP for Diego Martin Central, Loraine Caballero, clerical officer, Roger George, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Solomon McLeod, Special Reserve Police Officer (killed at police headquarters), Arthur Guiseppi, Customs and Excise Officer and former police officer, Malcolm Basanta, estate police officer, George Francis, chauffeur, and Mervyn Teague, government broadcasting unit employee.
