Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond has asserted that under her leadership, there will be a zero-tolerance approach to corruption.
“Under my leadership, I can assure the public that [reports of corruption] will be taken seriously,” the minister affirmed during an interview on the Starting Point podcast on Wednesday.
“Even if it’s a $200 bribe to a $200,000 bribe or $2 million [or] $200 million…it is a scourge in this society that we have to tackle head on. It is treated with, has been in the past, a little too casually. And we have seen how it breaks down the authority of the police when people feel that they can bypass and break laws by just bypassing a dollar,” the minister said.
In a previous interview with the media, the Home Affairs Minister had noted that the government’s digital transformation agenda will aid in stamping out corruption across various agencies.
Last month, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) had issued a statement urging members of the public to stop offering bribes to officers.
According to Minister Walrond, “I have had the concurrence of the leadership that these things ought to be addressed”.
As such, she urged the public “when they see these kinds of things, speak up”.
The Home Affairs Minister assured that if any such complaints reach her office, it will be firmly addressed.
“We’ve already had to, to deal with some of these instances. Take the pictures…record the thing…Policing is a partnership with the citizens where we don’t allow certain, this scourge to continue to grow, we have to take a stand, and a lot of that is when you see something, say something…For sure, these complaints will not fall on deaf ears under my leadership,” the minister said.
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