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Jun 29, 2008 News
The Visiting Forces Bill and the Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill were on Thursday laid in Parliament, this time to be firmly entrenched in the local laws.
The two pieces of legislation were tabled by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee and had their genesis in the Cricket World Cup’s trip to the Caribbean. They have been touted as part of the CWC legacy.
According to the explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bills they were enacted as Sunset Legislation on June 30, last year.
“The provisions (within the legislation) have been found to be very useful and the Thirteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government held at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago last April also favoured such a measure…
“It is, therefore, proposed to reenact the legislation so as to provide an enabling law for the presence, activities, privileges and immunities to the members of the forces of designated foreign countries visiting on duty in Guyana and their dependants on any occasion in the future.
The Status of Visiting Police Officers Bill is to provide for the presence, activities, privileges and immunities of members of foreign police forces and civilian personnel during their stay.
The Bill is expected to be enacted before Carifesta X to enable regional security forces to take part in security arrangements in Guyana.
Following CWC 2007, the then Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, had said that he believes that aspects of the regional security system initiated by the Sunset Legislation should be retained after the Cricket World Cup. He had expressed hope that legislations that deal with tightening security through the sharing of information and personnel should continue to exist.
“We have coordinated coastguard operations, C26 over flight operations, and tremendous intelligence is provided for the capture of those involved in the trafficking of drugs and small arms… That coordination has been extended regionally and I think we need to continue that.”
In this regard he noted that countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname and Guyana could benefit significantly since the bulk of drugs pass through these nations.
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