Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has expressed disappointment that the findings of a Commission of Inquiry on allegations of a plot to assassinate President David Granger have been leaked.
Mr. Ramjattan is not happy that aspects of the Report are now privy to the public even before the Cabinet has had a chance to deliberate on its contents and recommendations.
While the government had indicated that the report recommended a slew of reform activities for the Guyana Police Police, no details on specific recommendations were released.
However, detailed information contained in the report was recently made public in newspaper reports.
“I don’t know how it managed to be leaked. I suspect that it should reach there but after discussion and deliberation […] I am disappointed,” Ramjattan said on the sidelines of a media engagement at his office on Monday.
The state newspaper, the Guyana Chronicle, published an article at the weekend in which it disclosed that the report recommended the removal of Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud for misbehavior.
Seelall was called to the stand twice during the public hearings to testify and answer questions on his involvement in the investigation while responding to general questions on the conduct of the investigation.
The report was compiled by retired Assistant Commissioner of Police Paul Slowe.
While the report calls for Seelall’s removal, he is due to retire from in 2018 and is currently on vacation leave.
The government had promised to make the report, which was handed over to the PResident two weeks ago, public after Cabinet would have discussed the contents.
The Security Minister said it is clear that some negatives were found during the inquiry and reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring a robust police form and security sector reform.
He said while the government will act on the recommendations, after deliberations, it wants to ensure that it doesn’t “throw away the child with the bath water”.
The report, according to the Guyana Chronicle, also recommends a number of other changes to the top brass of the Force.
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