Georgetown : Leader of the main opposition A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) Brigadier David Granger call on the Army Chief Brigadier Mark Phillips and Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud not to allow members of the respective services to be drawn into unlawful actions against law abiding citizens.
The APNU leader’s statement came after the Parliamentary opposition announced a series of peaceful protests to raised public awareness over the President prorogation of Parliament Monday last.
APNU has been concerned at a daily news report of the hightened training by members of the Guyana Police Force in Georgetown under the the command of Superintendent, Clifton Hicken.
APNU reminds the Chief of Staff and Commissioner of Police that the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at Article 147, protects a citizen’s right to:
“… freedom of assembly, association and freedom to demonstrate peacefully, that [is] to say, his or her right to assemble freely, to demonstrate peacefully and to associate with other persons and in particular to form or belong to political parties, trade unions or other associations for the protection of his or her interests.”
Brigadier Granger calls on officers and members of the GDF and GPF not to be swayed by perverse political directives aimed at provoking a disturbance of the peace or causing injury to innocent individuals. All members of the Defence Forces and Disciplined Services are required to behave in a professional manner in the performance of their duties. They are to ensure that the law is enforced and the Constitution is upheld.
