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Advocate was on an interpretational misadventure
Dear Editor,
The attention of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) was drawn to a misguided statement attributed to Attorney-at-Law, Dexter Todd in a Kaieteur News article dated Saturday, 1st day of July, 2023.
The article quoted Todd as saying that a statement by the Crime Chief, Mr. Wendell Blanhum, who is also an Attorney-at-Law, in which he confirmed that the alleged victim has given a ‘no further action statement’ against Minister Nigel Dharamlall, was premature.
However, Todd’s curious interpretational misadventure ought to be addressed publicly and with as much prominence since, in his rush to assess the situation for the public and express a purported legal opinion, he neglected to recognise that the statement of the Crime Chief was a statement of fact.
The Crime Chief merely confirmed that the virtual complainant had given a statement of no further action and that the file had to be returned to the DPP for legal advice.
Further, the Crime Chief’s statement was in direct response to several queries made by journalists who had received information via social media that the victim withdrew her complaint against Mr Dharamlall.
At no time whatsoever did the Crime Chief or any member of the GPF offer an opinion on the likely course to be adopted by the DPP. Therefore, to lable the aforementioned statement as premature is mind-boggling.
Any right-thinking person would be able to easily recognise and differentiate the clear and glaring differences in stating the facts versus offering an opinion on the likelihood of the course of action to be adopted by the DPP as she performs her constitutional functions.
Editor, in light of the above, the GPF wishes to conclude this missive with a quote by Mark Twain: “It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt”.
Mark Ramotar
Director of Communication
Guyana Police Force
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