Dear Editor,
Today is the 21st day since the murder of Jagnarine and Gibson and since the 10-year-old boy went missing.
Is Minister Clement Rohee doing anything on this matter? The boat at the centre of this murder near Hog Island had been impounded in the care of the Parika Police Station. The boat, according to news reports, had been in a collision with a green-painted boat.
Has a team of forensic experts been sent to examine the Jagnarine boat and the Coast Guard vessel that allegedly had been taken out of service for three days for repainting? Was a team of detectives sent to interrogate the trio of soldiers now in custody who have since been charged with the robbery and killing of gold dealer Ramdass?
This is a nation of 700,000 people at home and 500,000 abroad, and we are in the dark. We want to see the Home Affairs minister discharge his duties and speak at a media conference daily to let us know how the investigations are developing and eventually how this crime will be solved.
Is the minister going to keep silent on this matter, and allow these murders to be forgotten? The Minister should provide some explanation as to why this case could not have been solved in the first three days after August 11, considering the glaring tell-tale signs left on the victims’ boat.
In every country where there is true democracy and concomitant accountability a failure on the part of a Minister to perform his/her duties would lead to resignation.
Could he please not help to see justice is done in this case for the sake of the grieving mother, if not for the nation.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Persaud
