The opposition People’s Progressive Party, is demanding that the David Granger led administration issues a public statement on the reported surveillance of the residence of Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington.

News surfaced last week that surveillance was being carried on the home of Brassington who is currently on administrative leave following the completion of an audit and the submission of report to the government.

The audit report was handed over to the Police and the State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) to carry out a detailed probe. The opposition Party is also questioning the reported use of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant to conduct the Surveillance.

General Secretary and former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said the Party wants the government to make a full disclosure following media reports. Mr. Rohee said all he wants is for the government to present some answers.

GDF Sergeant Robert Pyle his wife, Stacy Pyle and a third person were killed in a head-on collision last week on Carifesta Avenue.

Pyle was reportedly trailing a vehicle at the time.

In keeping with the subsequent media reports, the PPP now wants the government to say who gave the political directive to the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) to carry out such an operation and make use of the GDF Sergeant to conduct the alleged surveillance.

Sergeant Pyle was attached to the Military Police of the Guyana Defence Force and worked under SOCU.

The PPP also wants to know why the GDF Sergeant’s wife was in the vehicle while he was on a “covert” mission.

“The government must clear the air on the matter which resulted in the death of three persons,” Rohee said at a Monday morning press conference.

He added that the reports smacks of “Burnhamism, where surveillance of civilians and political persons was the order of the day.”

The PPP believes the government might be using members of the security services for political proposes.

The Special Organised Crime Unit has been probing several matters and was set up under the PPP.

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