General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, has urged the Observer Missions in Guyana for the upcoming elections to meet with the Heads of the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana Defence Force to be given assurances about the security arrangements in place for Monday’s elections.

At a press conference at the Opposition Leader’s office, Mr. Jagdeo said he has some concerns about the state of readiness of the Security Forces.

He said he has raised those concerns with the Observer groups that are in Guyana.

“We want assurances that they are in a state of readiness. I have heard issues about vehicles not being ready, the training not done properly and that they are saying they are not going to use Rural Constable and they will only use Police. And if that decision has been taken, then they must ensure they have adequate Police for each Polling Place”, Jagdeo said.

Members of the Police Force are usually stationed at Polling Places all across the country to ensure the security at those polling places are maintained. Jagdeo said he wants the assurance that matters that will fall under the purview of the Police will be dealt with impartially.

According to Jagdeo, “we are not telling them who to assign where…but they have to give assurances to the public that they will act impartially and deal with these matters”.

Members of the Joint Services have already cast their ballots for the elections, thereby allowing them to be free on elections day for all-day duty.

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