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President Ali says joint services prepared for any unrest during election period
President Irfaan Ali speaking with the media at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary on Friday.
Kaieteur News – President Irfaan Ali on Friday has assured that members of the joint services are prepared to deal with any eventuality of unrest during the election period.
The head-of-state made the comment following his visit to the polling station at the Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, where members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) voted ahead of the September 1, general and regional elections.
Questioned by the media about the joint services’ preparedness to deal with any unrest given what occurred following the death of Adriana Younge back in April, the president responded, “We have activated their mechanism in a number of weeks now, they are having their joint meetings and they have assured me that they have every system in place. They assured me that they have every equipment, the manpower and they have well laid out system to deal with any issues if they arise.”
The president said the forces do not expect any such incidences, but are however prepared for any eventuality.
Similarly, Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken speaking with the media after casting his vote, noted that before elections, the force has been working with other members of the joint services especially in the area of training.
“In addition to that, we have had our units prepared, we have the training that is ongoing now, and so we are adequately prepared. Remember nomination day we were quiet, we expect that this day would be quiet and similarly, for the general and regional elections we expect it to be quiet,” he related.
According to the top cop, the police will be prepared. He said there is an increased number of ranks voting this year who will be available across the country.
“We have Guyanese that are good people and so we don’t expect anything to happen,” he added.
On Friday, over 10,000 members of the Guyana Police Force, Guyana Prison Service and Guyana Defence Force cast their votes all across the country ahead of the general and regional elections.
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