1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP

1990 MUSLIMEEN
COUP
RENESE DANIEL – 00066303
ZION CARR- 00067581
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1990 COUP
SHORT VIDEO
AGENDA

1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP

1. Background of the Coup

2. Impact of the Coup

3. Benefits of the Coup

4. Commemoration
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5. Lessons Learnt

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BACKGROUND OF
THE COUP
•THE 1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP, OTHERWISE CALLED THE
ATTEMPTED COUP OF 1990, WAS A BRUTAL REBELLION THAT
OCCURRED IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON JULY 27, 1990.

•A GROUP OF MILITANTS LED BY YASIN ABU BAKR WHO

WAS A LEADER OF A LOCAL ISLAMIC GROUP KNOWN AS
JAMAAT AL MUSLIMEEN, ORCHESTRATED THE COUP
(NEWSDAYS, 2021).

•THE GROUP STORMED THE RED HOUSE WHICH IS THE

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PARLIAMENT’S HEADQUARTERS.

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BACKGROUND OF
THE COUP
• THE MILITANTS ALSO TOOK CONTROL OF
TELEVISION STATIONS, THE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS, AND THE ARMY BARRACKS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY DURING THE COUP.

• THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DEFENCE FORCE

LAUNCHED A MILITARY ASSAULT ON THE RED
HOUSE AND OTHER MILITANT-HELD LOCATIONS
TO PUT AN END TO THE COUP.
 1. CITIZENS LOST THEIR FREEDOM AS THE COUNTRY WAS UNDER CURFEW
FOR A PERIOD. THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WAS LOCKED DOWN.
2. EXTREME FEAR AND ANXIETY AMONG CITIZENS.
3. IT WAS RECORDED THAT 24 PERSONS DIED AND 150 WERE INJURED.
AMONG THE DEAD INCLUDED 3 POLICEMEN, 1 PARLIAMENTARIAN, 3
CIVILIAN WORKERS FROM THE PARLIAMENT AND 1 GOVERNMENT NEWS
REPORTER.
4. A BURDENED HOSPITAL SYSTEM.

IMPACT OF THE COUP

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IMPACT OF THE COUP
5. WIDESPREAD LOOTING THROUGHOUT PORT-OF-SPAIN AND THE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR
RESULTED IN:-
 COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BEING DESTROYED

 PORT-OF-SPAIN BUSINESS HUB WAS LEFT IN RUINS

 BUSINESSES LOST THEIR MERCHANDISE
 MASS UNEMPLOYMENT

 SCARCITY IN THE SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES

 INJURED PERSONS

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 6. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE CITY OF PORT-OF-SPAIN IN THE SUM OF
TT$300M.
7. INCREASE IN THE COST OF FOOD SUPPLIES AND OTHER PRODUCTS. IN
SOME CASES, FOOD HAD TO BE RATIONED TO MITIGATE AGAINST THE RISK OF
SHORTAGES.
8. LOSS OF REVENUE FOR THE COUNTRY.

IMPACT OF THE COUP

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 1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP
BENEFITS OF THE 1990 COUP

The rebuilding of Port-of-

Tighter and improved
Spain led to modernized
security around the 9
stores, walk through malls
Parliament and in
and sophisticated secure
government
store fronts
buildings

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BENEFITS OF THE 1990 COUP

Creation of strategic and sophisticated

security agencies such as:
 The National Security Secretariat
 The Security Intelligence Agency (SIA)
New and modernized Police Headquarters
 The Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad
& Tobago (SAUTT)
 Joint Operations Command Centre
 National Operations Coordinating Centre

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COMMEMORATION OF THE
1990 COUP

•TO DATE NOT MUCH IS DONE TO COMMEMORATE THE 1990

COUP.
•IN ORDER TO COMMEMORATE THE 1990 COUP, A WREATH
LAYING CEREMONY IS HELD EVERY YEAR ON JULY 27TH.

WREATH-LAYING CEREMONY IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE JULY 27TH 1990 ATTEMPTED COUP . TOBAGO HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY. (2022, JULY 28). RETRIEVED APRIL 24, 2023, FROM HTTPS://WWW.THA.GOV.TT/NEWS/WREATH-LAYING-
CEREMONY-IN-REMEMBRANCE-OF-THE-JULY-27TH-1990-ATTEMPTED-COUP/ 2023
 1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP
COMMEMORATION OF THE 1990 COUP

• IN 2019, THE ORIGINAL ETERNAL FLAME MONUMENT,

WHICH HAD BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN 1991 WAS MOVED
TO THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE RED HOUSE.

• THE MONUMENT HAS: 12

• THE NATIONAL ANTHEM'S LYRICS,

• THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT'S OATH OF

ALLEGIANCE

• THE AFFIRMATION OF THE PEOPLE

• THE NAMES OF POLICE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF

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THE PARLIAMENT WHO DIED DURING THE FAILED
COUP IN 1990.
Maraj, N. (2022, July 24). Coup memorial get spruced up ahead of 32nd Anniversary - trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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R A T IO N OF T H E 1 9 9 0
C O MM E M O
COUP
R TIC L E PU B LIS H ED JULY 26TH,2021
• IN A NEWSPAPER A
A S R E NEW ED HER CALL FOR A
AE WEEKE S H
• PRESIDENT PAULA-M H IS TO R ICAL INFORMATION
IAL TO CA PT UR E
PERMANENT MEMOR
E JULY 27 , 19 90 AT TEMPTED COUP.
ON TH
ILL S OO N BE A N EN TIRE GENERATION
ERE W
• SHE STATED THAT TH N E SS OR CONNECTION TO
TLE O R N O A W A RE
OF PEOPLE WITH LIT
.
THE EVENTS OF 1990

MEMOR IAL BANNER S . TRINIDAD EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS. (20

21, JULY 26). RETRIEVED APR
L-BANNERS /IM AGE _21 F2C724-
IL 24,
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2023
ADEXPRESS.COM/MEMORIA
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TML
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WREATH LAYING SHORT VIDEO
 WHY NO OFFICIAL COMMEMORATION OF THE

1990 MUSLIMEEN COUP

1990 ATTEMPTED COUP?

WHY IS A COMMEMORATION NEEDED? WHY IS A COMMEMORATION NEEDED? LIST OF IDENTIFIED PERSONS WHO DIED

• MR. LEO DES VIGNES,

• SHOW OUR APPRECIATION
• THE ATTEMPTED COUP FOR THE MEMBERS OF OUR
• MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FOR DIEGO
MARTIN CENTRAL;
D’ÉTAT OF 1990 MARKS ARMED FORCES WHO
• SRP SOLOMON MCLEOD;
INTERVENED AND RISKED 15
ONE OF THE DARKEST • ASP ROGER GEORGE;
THEIR LIVES TO ENSURE THAT
DAYS IN OUR HISTORY, THE INSURRECTION DID NOT
• ESTATE CONSTABLE MALCOLM
BASANTA;
HENCE A PROPER AND SPREAD FURTHER
• GEORGE FRANCIS;
FITTING ANNUAL • SERVE AS AN ANNUAL • ARTHUR GUISEPPI;
NATIONAL OBSERVANCE REMINDER TO REMAIN • HELEN LAVIA;
IS NEEDED. VIGILANT IN PRESERVING OUR
• LORRAINE CABALLERO
HARD-WON DEMOCRACY.
• AND MERVYN TEAGUE

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Why no official commemoration of the 1990 attempted coup? The Office of the President of the Republic
of Trinidad and Tobago. (2018, July 27). Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://otp.tt/why-no-official-
commemoration-of-the-1990-attempted-coup
 L EA R N T F R O M TH E CO U P ?
WHAT HAVE W E
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COUP
 LESSONS LEARNT
TODAY, OUT OF CONTROL
CRIME, WITH GANG WARS
AND A STEADY INFLOW OF
ILLEGAL GUNS AND
DRUGS, SUGGEST THAT
THE LESSONS OF JULY
1990 HAVE NOT BEEN
LEARNT.

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 QUOTE LET’S START TODAY!

“Those who cannot remember the past

are condemned to repeat it”

Spanish-American philosopher George

Santayana
REFERENCES
• Wreath-laying ceremony in remembrance of the July 27th 1990 attempted coup . Tobago House of Assembly. (2022, July 28). Retrieved April 24, 2023, from
https://www.tha.gov.tt/news/wreath-laying-ceremony-in-remembrance-of-the-july-27th-1990-attempted-coup/
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• Maraj, N. (2022, July 24). Coup memorial get spruced up ahead of 32nd Anniversary - trinidad and Tobago Newsday . Trinidad and Tobago Newsday -. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from
2 https://newsday.co.tt/2022/07/24/coup-memorial-get-spruced-up-ahead-of-32nd-anniversary/

• Memorial Banners. Trinidad Express Newspapers. (2021, July 26). Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://trinidadexpress.com/memorial-banners/image_21f2c724-ee6f-11eb-
3 9374-ebfd69c16ee5.html

• Why no official commemoration of the 1990 attempted coup? The Office of the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (2018, July 27). Retrieved April 24, 2023, from
4 https://otp.tt/why-no-official-commemoration-of-the-1990-attempted-coup/

• Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the 1990 Attempted Coup – Parliament. (n.d.).tt-parliament. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://www.ttparliament.org/report-of-the-
5 commission-of-enquiry-into-the-1990-attempted-coup/

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