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Elaborate efforts at deceit
DEAR EDITOR,
Front page leads in the Friday, June 27, 2008 issues of the two most widely circulated dailies in Guyana — SN and Kaieteur News — quoted respectively from (1) a statement made by Acting Commissioner of Police, Henry Greene, and (2) from a Joint Services report which indicated that “All signs point to ‘Fineman” and “Police analysis suggests that ‘Fine Man’ killed miners”. Both statements were made in relation to the brutal slaying of eight miners at Lindo Creek.
It is ironic to note the efforts of the Government, through President Jagdeo and the Joint Security Forces, to link the “Fineman Gang” to this latest atrocity. But people are not fooled by the antics these persons are displaying.
The view that is firmly held by citizens is that culpability for the executions rests with the Security Forces.
The Government and the Security Forces’ interest would have been better served if those who had pronounced on their behalf had kept their mouths shut and had allowed an independent, impartial inquiry to determine what took place.
The undue and unacceptable delay in the release of the Torture Report, coupled with the prolonged silence and ignorance of the whereabouts of the spy equipment, could not have helped their efforts of deceit.
All decent Guyanese should support the efforts of the families of the deceased in securing the services of the UK forensic experts to observe the conduct of any forensic examination.
Norris Witter,
Trade Unionist
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