Georgetown : The allegations by a citizen and Information Technology (IT) worker that he and his wife were forced to flee and seek asylum in Canada because their lives were threatened by persons acting in the name of the state for him to commit illegal acts against persons and institutions cannot be brought to closure with a simple denial by the Minister of Home Affairs.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress ( GTUC ) today calls for a full investigation saying the Canadian authority believed the story of the IT worker and the allegations are serious enough for the Government of Guyana, if it is truly committed to the security of the citizenry, to have an impartial and transparent investigation into this matter.
Given the statement of the asylum seeker, the minister has paid and offered money to him to hack the website and emails of named public officials who he viewed as possessing anti-government information.
General Secretary of the GTUC, Lincoln Lewis Said “we are living in dangerous times and this open contempt for the law by those entrusted the responsibility to govern consistent with the laws is sending ominous signals to law abiding citizens and international community and poses serious threats to development. Citizens are becoming wary and losing confidence in the state’s ability to protect them. Too many workers are living in fear or being forced to flee this land because of the government failure to guarantee their fundamental right to security which continues to rob this nation of valued human resources needed for development.”
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