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House approves Joint Services deployment to T&T
A motion to have Guyana’s Joint Force Services deployed to Trinidad and Tobago
to assist with security at the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government conference was approved in the National Assembly on Thursday.
This was one of the motions debated in the House on the resumption after the recess.The motion was tabled by Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, who pledged to have some 90 members of the Joint Services deployed to the twin-island republic on a security support mission.
According to Rohee the deployed ranks will be stationed in T&T from November 17 to December 4 to provide added security for the conference.
The deployment has been made possible under The Visiting Forces Act 2007, the Visiting Forces Act of Trinidad and Tobago and the Treaty of Security Assistance among Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States.
The People’s National Congress Reform/ One Guyana (PNC/R1G) was the only opposition party present in the National Assembly, and fully supported the motion.
Sixty-six Guyana Defence Force ranks and 31 ranks from the Guyana Police Force were deployed to the twin-island republic earlier this year for the Fifth Summit of the Americas which was attended by US President Barack Obama. Guyana’s support was described as invaluable by Trinidadian Lieutenant Colonel Kenrick Maharaj, Director of Security for the Summit.
When 90 percent of the Grenada’s infrastructure was lost to Hurricane Ivan, Guyana had also deployed 100 GDF soldiers for six months, to assist the island during the turmoil in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Fifty-three Heads of Governments are expected to meet at the biennial summit meeting, which also hopes to attract thousands of delegates from all Commonwealth member countries.
The Heads will be addressing various issues affecting the Commonwealth Nations, including the refinancing of some debt that some of the member states have contracted on commercial terms, or with high interest rates.
The Visiting Forces Act was created as part of the Sunset Legislation for the Cricket World Cup period but was later made permanent by Guyana and the other CARICOM States.
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