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The soldiers violated UG

Feb 20, 2013 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
It is appalling to see that the military authority of the Guyana Defence Force is attempting to justify the illegal and unlawful acts of its members by entering into the Turkeyen campus of the UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA (UG) on February 12 and February 13, 2013, at night, without seeking permission to do so from the relevant administrative authorities of UG.
The army also failed to report to the campus security and this was done while seeking to apprehend one of its member. The encroachment resulted in the disruption of classes on both occasions and caused students to fear the immediate application of force to their persons. This caused students to take evasive action, such as, resorting to the ends of the classroom and or abandoning classes altogether.
The University of Guyana is an autonomous body that is so authorized by law to carry out the function of teaching throughout the length and breadth of Guyana under chapter 39:02 of the LAWS OF GUYANA. The University of Guyana is saddled, by law, with the responsibility of eradicating ignorance throughout the length and breadth of Guyana and its target does not exclude members of the GDF from its ambit and mandate, thus, the University can be likened to the mother of education in Guyana and as such must enjoy the “SANCTITY OF PRIVACY”.
Unlike the GDF whose legal mandate is to defend the country against enemies of the State under chapter 15:01, the University is legally responsible for the enhancement of people’s education and, therefore, members of the GDF ought to hold UG in the highest esteem and not to trample upon its ‘DIGNITY’.
Ganesh Mahipaul
President, UGSS

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