Mabaruma police taking away the money from these Indigneous Venezuelan

Sep 22, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
The current Venezuela crisis is causing Venezuelans particularly the Indigenous Waraus to enter Guyana through its borders at Mabaruma in the North West District (NWD) to seek medical attention and to buy food stuffs. At the same time relations are strengthened and maintained between the Waraus of Venezuela and Guyana in keeping with article 36 (1) (2) of the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
This article states “1. Indigenous Peoples, in particular those divided by international borders, have the right to maintain and develop contacts, relations and cooperation, including activities for spiritual, cultural, political, economic and social purposes, with their own members as well as other people across borders. 2. States, in consultation and cooperation with Indigenous peoples, shall take effective measures to facilitate the exercise and ensure the implementation of this right.”
This is why I am happy that Minister Joseph Harmon said that “Guyana will continue to offer Malaria treatment to Venezuelans”. It is therefore important to note that article 36 (1) (2) of UNDRIP must not be violated by both the Guyana and Venezuelan Governments in the interest of Indigenous peoples. But what is currently making things look ugly is the corrupt and unprofessional conduct of the Mabaruma police.
They wait at the Mora and Water creeks landings of the white water Amerindian village, for the Venezuelans to arrive to seek medical attention and buy food stuffs and when they do arrive the Mabaruma police will stop them and take away their monies. The little things that they bring to sell are also taken away by the police under the pretext of working in collaboration with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). This is what Minister Harmon and Deputy Commissioner of police Mr. David Ramnarine needs to know and to have those police officers quickly removed from the Mabaruma police station and discipline them severely. They are not qualified to carry out Law Enforcement in Guyana’s Hinterland regions including the current officer-in-charge. But the Deputy Commissioner has started cleaning up the Mabaruma police station and the Mabaruma sub-region residents wish to commend him.
The residents also want the current sergeant and officer-in- charge to be removed because they are the pillars of corruption at the Mabaruma police station. But it is important for deputy commissioner Ramnarine to know that there are police officers in the ‘F’ division who have over ten years of service and are not given upward mobility (promotion) and as a result they have lost morale. In this regard the deputy commissioner Ramnarine needs to conduct an examination of the current strength of the police ‘F’ division, have them promoted so that those promoted can take over from many of the “Rotten eggs” that comprise the police ‘F’ division. It is only deputy commissioner David Ramnarine who can clean up the Guyana Police Force (GPF) for the protection of the Guyanese people.
Peter Persaud

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