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PPP accuses Gov’t of pressuring DPP

Jul 29, 2015 News

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says it has noted the pressure being exerted on the Director of Public Prosecutions’ Chambers to advise in favour of bringing charges against members of the opposition party.
In a statement issued late last evening, the PPP said it has also observed efforts by the Granger Administration to persecute its members using the Police and the Courts to do so.
To support its arguments, the PPP recalled statements made by Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, who was quoted in sections of the media as saying, “I think there is a lot of pressure on the relevant Ministers to ensure that people are prosecuted.”
According to the PPP, Greenidge’s statement is not the only one which is centrally directed to exert pressures on the DPP’s Chambers, the police and ultimately the courts.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon, it said, was purported to have publicly declared that “we are going after the big fishes.”
“Clearly, the aim is to achieve a goal that is consistent with a politically-motivated agenda of the Granger Administration,” the main opposition party stated.
“The PPP is therefore urging the DPP’s Chambers, the Guyana Police Force and the Judiciary, to act independently of any political interference.
Moreover, it is registering its concern over the increasing attempts by Granger and his cohorts to give orders and directives to constitutional office holders, which by its very nature, constitutes a serious threat to our democracy and the erosion of the doctrine of separation of powers.”

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