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Jun 06, 2016 News
Six years ago, former President Bharrat Jagdeo ordered the revocation of three firearm licences allocated to the security detail attached to Kaieteur News.
When questioned about the revocation, the then Commissioner Henry Green said that he was instructed to revoke the licences.
Kaieteur News reported on the revocation back then. It contended that the decision to revoke the licences stemmed from the criticisms of the Jagdeo administration for the various indiscretions and wrongdoings that the newspaper had uncovered.
Members of the legal profession advised that the decision by the Police Commissioner was illegal and that the newspaper should not comply.
Even Khemraj Ramjattan, who was the company lawyer at the time, suggested that the decision by the government was illegal.
However, Mr Glenn Lall, to avoid any confrontation, surrendered the weapons.
Since then, efforts to have the decision overturned have failed.
With the change in government an approach was made to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan to have the weapons restored.
There were several conversations with Ramjattan. There was even an approach to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.
Applications were made to the police on the advice of Ramjattan. Today, one year later, there has been no change in the situation despite the numerous documentations that were submitted.
Saturday night’s grenade attack exposed the inadequacy of the security situation at Kaieteur News.
Publisher Glenn Lall was at pains to say that he is not begging the authorities. Instead, he is disappointed at the apparent inaction by people who had assured him that the weapons would be returned.
Lall said that he is ashamed to face his security officers who know that he is close to the Minister of Public Security. He said that they were aware that he had approached the Minister.
On many occasions they would ask him about the progress knowing that he had done so much to see justice and to expose the wrongs of the previous administration, he said.
After a while, Lall could not face the men because he could not answer their questions.
That he had got nowhere, he said, is enough to make a man feel ashamed.
One year has passed and the weapons are still to be returned.
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Kaieteur News is an equal opportunity critic of wrongdoing by and in government, regardless of the party/parties in power. The same mentality or attitudinal approach adopted by the PPP has been adopted by the coalition.
Are you sure that your weapons were not DESTROYED by those who were not your friends? Suppose this Coalition cannot locate them up to now. K/N put on your thinking cap. Those people were your enemies, remember? And may still be. Don`t forget the grenade scenario.
These are the little things that make this government appear to be so ineffective. People tend to blame the individuals for what they perceive as a wrong step or an omission (as we see bloggers doing everyday) but I suspect that one of the main culprits is the way the government is organized (organizational chart or the organigraph in use). Individuals expect the other person to do something while the other thinks that it is not his responsibility, thus leaving many things undone. When it is brought to light there is a scramble which results in things not being done properly. Too many improvisations. Ministers must have their respective responsibilities defined and provide strategic guidelines for their subordinates who must do what’s necessary.
Same ol’ battle / different faces all over again! If the seized firearms cannot be returned then what is wrong with issuing the company with firearm licenses. I am aware of an ex-auto body repair person who has continuously lived overseas for the past10 years with an active firearm license of 14 years. All of the fight now seem to have been in vain