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Mar 17, 2015 News
The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) has
requested that the Guyana Police Force provide strong security for its Presidential Candidate David Granger and his running mate, Moses Nagamootoo.
The request was made yesterday during a meeting between an APNU+AFC team and Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud and top Commanders representing the Guyana Police Force (GPF) executive management team.
The meeting was requested by APNU+AFC to communicate with the Commissioner of Police and his team, the coalition’s concerns, security considerations and the current security situation in the lead-up to the May 11 General and Regional Elections.
“The APNU+AFC team made it clear that the security situation in the country required the provision of strong security by the GPF for the Coalition’s Presidential and Prime Ministerial Candidates. The security of campaign offices, major rallies and party elections officials were also discussed,” a statement from the coalition’s campaign office said.
The APNU+AFC team was headed by Campaign Co-Chairs, Joe Harmon and Raphael Trotman and included Winston Felix, David Patterson and Paul Slowe, who was invited to act as a security advisor.
It is not clear if the request for the strengthening of security for the coalition’s two top candidates is a result of
the apparent rise in tensions among the electorate in the wake of the killing of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing.
The former army officer was gunned down in the Diamond, East Bank Demerara community last Tuesday night while he was using a bull horn to urge voters to vote out the current People’s Progressive Party government.
According to the coalition, the Commissioner and his team briefed them on the Guyana Police Force’s pre and post elections security arrangements.
The Commissioner gave the APNU+AFC team the assurance that the GPF was well prepared for any eventualities.
During his address at last Thursday’s opening of the annual police officers’ conference, the newly confirmed Commissioner of Police said that the force is cognizant of its role to provide an enabling environment for the May 11 polls.
“We do recognize the high demand on us to provide security for the upcoming elections. While a lot of preparatory work is being done in the force, this issue is also being addressed at the level of the joint services, where inter-agency collaboration at this time is at its highest,” Persaud stated.
“We intend to deliver adequate security for the conduct, which means the period leading up (to Elections Day), this campaigning period, Elections Day itself and the aftermath of Election Day,” the recently confirmed Top Cop stated.
Yesterday, the Police executive management team said that it was prepared to cooperate fully with campaign personnel nation-wide and made available to the APNU+AFC team the contact information of all Divisional Commanders.
The policy regarding the holding of public meetings was also discussed and assurances given to the Coalition that once applications were received in a timely manner, the GPF would embrace the principle of granting permission.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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