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Jagdeo not serious about crime fighting – Lewis

Mar 08, 2011 News

President Jagdeo’s statements at the Annual Police Officers Conference on March 3, 2011 pose clear and present danger to the nation’s stability, people’s security, democratic values, fundamental rights and the rule of law, according to Lincoln Lewis of the Guyana Trades Union Congress.
In a statement to the media, Lewis said, “President Jagdeo’s address to the Officers Annual Conference was replete with his reign of lawlessness and contempt for the security of the people.
“His administration cannot be committed to crime fighting when on one hand he presides over withholding vital information and resources needed to get the job done which continues to embolden the lawless and presents a false sense of security.”
Lewis  accused the Head of State of a lack of commitment to crime fighting. “Crime is a deterrent to development, prosperity and wellbeing. No legitimate business will want to invest in a society when its basic security cannot be guaranteed.”
“Though the president rightly ranks drugs a top crime priority he simultaneously engages in acts that hinder its elimination. In as much as he knows, they bring in guns with the drugs.
Drugs don’t go by themselves, they go along with guns,’ …[and] the fight must be fuelled by the destruction drugs pose to the future of young people and not because another country wants it, his administration fails to continue to aggressively confront the matter.”
Mr Lewis said that the nation should recall the assistance offered by the British through a grant and the USA to set up a Drug Enforcement Agency office, all of which this government found reasons to torpedo.
“Further, the refusal to implement the recommendations of the 2004 Disciplined Forces Commission Report, the 2000 Government of Guyana /Guyana Trades Union Congress Agreement, enforcing the Coroner’s Act, and reining rouge cops, are all indications that President Jagdeo is not serious about ensuring the people of this nation get the security needed to go about their daily lives in peace and harmony.”
The theme of the officers’ conference was “Consolidating our gains through effective strategic planning and institutional modernisation for safer communities”.

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