Georgetown : The Alliance For Change member of Parliament Trevor Williams this afternoon said the AFC condemns all forms of violence and especially violence against members of the security forces.
“The attack on Constable Kevin George of the Guyana Police Force while be was in the process of carrying out his duties is totally unacceptable and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.
This attack on a police rank speaks to an ever increasing ‘wild-west’ type scenario that is fast developing in the interior regions of Guyana and which the Guyana Police Force is ill equipped to address due to the government’s negligence to comprehensively address national security” William said.
He pointed out that crime in the interior is on the increase and claims the government wants this nation to believe that they have the situation under control.
“ How can the situation be under control when ranks of the primary law enforcement agency are being attacked and only by pretending to be dead are they able to save their own lives? If police ranks in the interior come under this type of assault, it boggles the mind to think what ordinary citizens will have to endure.
The AFC understands that the young police rank had to pretend to be dead after overhearing his attackers planning his death. This was the only way to save his life. He was left on his own to make his way to Georgetown with only the pilot in the aircraft.
As if that was not enough, the young policeman waited for about two hours at the Georgetown Public Hospital for an X-Ray only to be told that the machine was not working” Williams said.
The Alliance For Change is calling for a full investigation into this crime and urges the Government of Guyana to not let up and have this become another cold case and that adequate resources and man power be deployed to the interior regions to deal with the upsurge of criminal activities and lawlessness.
The party demands that the government review its position on national security with the intention of seeking international assistance to address comprehensive reform of the security sector.
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