'Pressure group’ activated to remove Hicken from office

‘Pressure group’ activated to remove Hicken from office

Jul 26, 2024 Letters

Dear Editor,

Reference is made to a letter which appeared in your newspaper on Thursday under the caption: “it is time this nonsense stops” where the writer, Sherwin Crandon spoke about the attacks on the top law men in this country.

Mr. Editor evidence has begun to surface with the names of several persons working in the offices of senior government functionaries, the private sector, the Guyana Police Force and the Police Service Commission who are part of a group calling itself the ‘Pressure Group’.

One man familiar with the workings of the group told me that the men came together in an effort to reconstruct the command structure of the Guyana Police Force and in the process, ensure the removal of Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus, Commissioner of Police acting Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum from their positions.

The group is made up of a syndicate of persons drawn from the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Guyana Police Force, the Police Service Commission and influential figures within the business community. Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus is off the job pending investigations into alleged financial irregularities.

Over the weekend, Saturday to be exact, a text message was sent to members of the group with instructions to bring pressure on Head of the Special Organized Crime Unit, Assistant Commissioner of Police Fizal Karimbaksh. The direction in which the group is now heading is becoming dangerous. In the message it was stated that if the investigations into Brutus appears not be yielding the necessary evidence to incriminate him, then past transgressions on the part of Karimbaksh should be brought to the fore. I was surprised when on the following day, publications appeared on social media suggesting that the Head of SOCU and Brutus were close friends. I was able to confirm that the documents which are making their way onto social media are being released from the registry.

The group has considered the removal of Brutus as a success but stated that they have to ‘bury him’. It was also stated that all energies are now supposed to turn on Hicken.

Regards,

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