| The Alliance for Change (AFC) has reiterated its call for Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee to give up his post as the nation’s security head if he cannot fulfill his duties. The political party has also hammered health authorities for the unavailability of medical supplies critical to the recovery of 23-year-old Colwyn Harding who was brutalized and sodomized with a baton by a police officer in November last year.AFC executive member Cathy Hughes criticized security officers for not acting immediately on reports made by Harding and his family, while mentioning the length of time authorities took to launch an investigation into the matter.Catherine HughesFollowing reports that only a few days ago the rank suspected of committing “this most heinous crime,” was placed under close arrest, Hughes stated that, “it is just as horrific to think that this would have happened in November of last year, several reports were made by the victim’s mother, and only two days ago the Police Commissioner acknowledged that a report and investigation is going to be made and that the officer who perpetuated this most heinous of crimes is now subject to close arrest and disciplinary action.”“This is proof that the systems within the Home Affairs do not work. And that has been our stand since we went into Parliament and started this no confidence motion against the current Minister of Home Affairs. These situations continue to happen and the buck stops with Minister Rohee and also the Police Commissioner.”Hughes charged that, “If these situations continue to happen, not month after month,Nike NFL Jerseys China, but year after year with no change,Arizona Diamondbacks Gregor Blanco Jersey, then we again reiterate that if Mr. Rohee cannot do the job, then the people of Guyana demand that he put somebody else in there that can do the job.”Beverly Alert, AFC’s spokesperson described Harding’s situation as being a “double whammy.” She added that he was first brutalized in a most awful and severe way is now at hospital and medical supplies that he critically needs, the hospital cannot provide.“Ever so often the Government speaks of this state- of -the -art health institution and the strides made in the health sector, yet here we see Harding in hospital with injuries to his intestines and is in critical need of colostomy bags and the hospital does not have it. It is a serious indictment on the hospital and the CEO. They must be made to explain why the bags are not available. We have the Minister making all manner of changes about regulations pertaining to the awarding of contracts for goods and equipment, yet we are faced with a situation and the hospital is found wanting.”Hughes injected that budget sums will have to be reviewed as it is for these basic public services that the Government submits huge sums. She said in a couple of months, “we will be looking at the budget, and we will hear the big figures, the hundreds and millions of dollars spent in various areas…When we hear those figures, I want us to remember how much of that gets down to ordinary Guyanese in the quality of service we provide in health care, hospitals and schools.”She related that 12 schools were closed yesterday because of flooding,Throwback Jerseys, and while some of it is natural, Hughes said, “We also recognize that we have a situation where neither the City Council nor the government is prepared to sit down and find a solution to the garbage situation, or blocked drains.”Hughes continued that almost on a regular basis, flooding is occurring in the homes of regular people. She informed media operatives that she took the initiative yesterday to call one of her staffers to tell her not to report for duty because she lives in Albouystown.“I have seen the worms that float in her bottom flat,Authentic Kyle Korver Hawks Jersey, she has a three year-old grandson,Wholesale China Jerseys, and every time it floods, she has to buy the same bleach,China Jerseys Cheap, she has to pick up the linoleum, throw it out, clean up… and that is the reality for hundreds of Guyanese.”Hughes said that the people of this country have waited long enough, “yet we have not dealt sufficiently with these real crisis situations.” |
