Maintain the peace – Commissioner of Police

–Reiterates decision pending in Appeal Court

–Anyone who breaks the law will be punished

DPI, Guyana, Thursday, March 21, 2019

Commission of Police Leslie James is calling on Guyanese to remain calm and keep the peace. This follows concerns raised in certain sections, surrounding the legality of the government after March 21, 2019.

Commissioner of Police, Leslie James, DSS, DSM.

Commissioner James said that the matter relating to the December 21 vote is dependent on the ruling from the Appeal Court.

However, leader of the opposition Bharrat Jagdeo in various sections of the media has been peddling the notion that the government will become unlawful and will be in breach of the constitution after March 21.

On his Facebook page, the opposition leader is calling on Guyanese to not recognise the government from March 22, 2019. Additionally, in various sections of the media, the leader of the opposition is also calling on persons to ‘chase” government ministers and officials out of their communities should they visit.

The Commissioner underscored that fact that anyone who breaches the law will be held accountable and punished.

“The leadership and the members of the Guyana Police Force have noted on social media of seeming intention to disrupt the current calm in our society. May I warn that anyone found in breach of the law will be dealt with in a condign manner. The Force’s membership throughout the ten (10) Administrative Regions are on high alert and endeavours to prevent and respond to any eventuality” the Commissioner warned.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan during an address to the residents of citizens of Newtown Kitty, yesterday, also called on them to remain calm and not be provoked by the falsehoods being peddled by the opposition.

“We have to keep our calm because they want to provoke people, but we must go about our work, keep the peace and not be provoked” Minister Ramjattan emphasised.

Commissioner James also refuted claims that the police force has been renamed the “Guyana Police Service”.  He clarified that the name change was only proposed at a meeting of the Police Reform Change Board (PRCB). He stated that such a name change will require wider consultation and legislative amendments.

Isaiah Braithwaite.

Images: Keno George.

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