Opposition party calls on police commissioner to resign

 

Georgetown : The Alliance For Change (AFC) is seriously alarmed and concerned at the sensational bouts of information being divulged via the WikiLeaks website.

Perhaps the most alarming and egregious relate to the information concerning the narco- connection of police chief Henry Greene.

A July 17, 2006 cable, sent by former US Embassy Charge d’Affaires Michael Thomas, noted that then Ambassador Roland Bullen in a meeting with Roger Luncheon indicated that Greene’s name appeared repeatedly in reporting by various US government agencies in connection with criminal activities. Subsequently, the DEA informed Bullen that it had developed “specific, reliable information that documented continuing payoffs by narco-traffickers to Greene.”

The AFC says such shocking information has to be taken in conjunction with the position adopted only some weeks ago by Berbice Commander Steve Merai to the very same effect that the police force is indeed infiltrated by the narco trade.

 The AFC reiterates its position that the Commissioner of Police must summarily resign and that there must be the launching of an independent forensic inquiry into the drug infiltration of the police force.