The caretaker coalition administration has been allegedly influencing the operation and management of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) through political interference to achieve some of their objectives.
This was according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday, stating that officials of the Force would have indicated their dissatisfaction with the Government’s actions and ‘heavy-handed’ methods. This, he noted, occurs on a daily basis.
“We have a lot of intelligence that is coming from the Police Force at the senior level, as well as junior level. People are totally dissatisfied with the Government and it is not just the Police but the other Joint Services…They’re very unhappy about the Government’s heavy-handed methods in interfering with Police’s placements, promotion etc; their political interference with the operational management of the Police Force. This takes place on a daily basis,” said Jagdeo.
On Tuesday, it was chaos in the capital city after all roads leading to the Ministry of the Presidency were blocked off by the Police Force – which said it was instructed to do so to prevent any protests against the Government. Dozens of officers and barricades cordoned off the area, affecting hundreds of commuters who were forced to detour.
“The Office of the President is being cordoned off due to anticipated protest action by whatever political party or nongovernmental organisation,” a Police source had told INews.
The Police Force would have set up road blocks along Vlissengen Road between North Road and Homestretch Avenue, South Road between Oronoque and Vlissengen Road, Charlotte Street between Oronoque St and Shiv Chanderpaul Drive and Regent Road between Shiv Chanderpaul Drive and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
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