Dear Editor,
The idiom “Putting your foot in your mouth,” aptly describes the overall behavioral pattern of the PNC/APNU party. It is a party that makes claims or remarks that are remarkably strange, unusual, or bizarre, often exceeding what is considered reasonable or expected. And when cornered with the veracity of those very same statements, they turn again and deny it. History is replete with such outlandish behaviors.
Let us take the statement in context, “The Police and The Army are my Kith and Kin,” those were the words splashed across the airwaves by The PNC Leader Desmond Hoyte himself. He also said “I will make Guyana ungovernable,” these are serious statements that were meant to create chaos and instability in our society. Calling The GPF Kith and Kin shows total trust and confidence in the police; a long-held “family relation” between the two entities, that is, a close union between a political party and an organization that is statutorily bound by Law to be separate and distinct from government control. But this is the way things were mandated in this country. It was so conspicuously obvious, that the police was an organ of the PNC.
Thus, it was an unconstitutional association, when the interests of a political party cross lines to take over that of the legal responsibility of a statutory body, this spells trouble right from the very start. What is supposed to be a separate statutory body, has become one that is now mixing and moiling together with the manipulative shenanigans of a political party; this was the order of the day as The PNC reigned supreme over the police.
This untenable situation saw The Police being engaged in illegal activities such as the hunting down of political opponents and bringing persons in on trumped up charges; The Police were the “Tonton Macoutes” of The PNC party. Fast forward to 2020 and the five months of waiting for electoral results, here The Police were directed to spy on the local and foreign observers and rudely eject persons who did not give assent to the rigging taking place there. Those officers who did not comply with directives from Congress Place, were fired from the job.
In The PNC’s Book being a “Competent Police Force” meant that The GPF was obligated to turn a blind eye to the hooligans who were looting, burning and raping in Regent Street during Hoyte’s “Slow fire moh fire.” In just the same way when The Adriana case surfaced, I am talking about the burning, the looting and millions of dollars in damage caused by the rampaging mob, in all of this this The Police was mandated to do nothing, just give the mob a free pass; this is what they would consider “good policing.”
Now, the blatant attack on The Police that they are incompetent and they lack the ability to carry out a thorough investigation, comes from the reality that the police is no longer under the control of the PNC. In a related matter, as it applies to The Adriana Case, I would advocate that the GPF videotape persons coming in to make a report, it will go a far way in equipping the Police with verifiable proof of one’s own statements and comments. It will also help to remove some of the lies and misconceptions of the police, as well as bolster the investigative capabilities of the force.
It has been reported that the PPP/C is distancing itself from the police claiming that it is separate and distinctly a statutory body, and one that is expected to function in that capacity. And I will endorse that fact, that Law Enforcement ought to be separate from government and party.
In this regard, you will never hear such endearments coming from the PPP/C that The Police are Kith and Kin, what you are sure to hear is that the police are on their way to becoming a modern force, equipped to carry out its mandate to protect and serve. I rest my case.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
