FBI-type body should probe police corruption – Opposition
The Office of the Leader of the Opposition today called for a reputable law enforcement agency such as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to probe alleged corruption in the police force
In a statement, it said that the Opposition had warned when the PPP/C government refused to investigate Second Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo after it was alleged that he was involved in bribery and corruption in the Vice News documentary, that the government was opening avenues for corruption to proliferate in the Guyanese society, especially the Guyana Police Force.
“The recent revelations of corruption at the highest level of the Guyana Police Force and in the Ministry of Home Affairs are the most recent manifestation of what happens when at the highest level of government you participate in and condone corruption”, the opposition said, adding that this does not augur well for the image of Guyana.
“The time is nigh when corrupt officials must be removed, the Police Force depoliticized and returned to being a professional law enforcement agency rather than a Centre for corruption, illegalities and lawlessness”, the opposition said.
It charged that the Police Force cannot rid itself of corruption and lawlessness since they are themselves corrupt and lawless.
“In the light of the foregoing, the Opposition is demanding that a reputable law enforcement agency such as the FBI be called in to investigate corruption in the GPF and the other government institutions”, the statement said.
