– campaign to intensify this week
In the wake of Roger Khan’s sentencing in the a US court on Friday, opposition leaders are lobbying again for the administration to mount an international inquiry into his activities here, particularly his alleged involvement in a string of brutal, unsolved murders and will step up activities to realize this during this week.
PNCR and Opposition Leader Robert Corbin said the US court sentence, which “is for offences committed there”, is not the real issue and insisted that Khan remains accountable here. The administration, he said, owes it to the Guyanese public to inquire into Khan’s local operations and “ensure that he is also brought to justice for his crimes here”. The US justice system has prosecuted Khan and convicted him for offences committed in its jurisdiction, Corbin said yesterday, observing too that the system here is yet to investigate the atrocities Khan reportedly committed.
But Roger Khan’s operations and serious probes into trade of illicit drugs are not high on government’s agenda, according to Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan. The prosecution of “small fishes” in the narco-trade can hardly be identified with any aggressive strategy to curb it, Ramjattan told Stabroek News, noting that the “big sharks” like Khan usually escape the security net because of government connections and “complicity”.
Khan was sentenced to two 15-year and one ten-year prison terms, all of which would run concurrently, meaning he would serve a 15-year federal prison term for convictions of drug smuggling, witness tampering and gun possession. Khan was a principal player in the drug trade, US prosecutors said, and the key supplier of a Guyanese drug trafficking organisation based in Queens, New York. The Queens organisation was said to have distributed hundreds of kilos of cocaine in a two-month period during the spring of 2003.
WPA co-leader Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, while saying that Khan’s sentencing did not fully reflect the gravity of the crimes he committed, believes that it is imperative that a Commission of Inquiry be conducted by an international body into Khan’s local activities and his alleged connections with the administration. He says that during this week his party along with the members of the joint opposition — AFC, Guyana Action Party (GAP), National Front Alliance (NFA), PNCR and the Unity Party — will intensify this call.
General Secretary of the PPP/C Donald Ramotar was not inclined to address questions on Khan’s sentencing in the US court saying yesterday that it is outside of his portfolio, and that he was “yet to read the papers on Khan’s sentencing”. However, he briefly commented on the ability of the administration to fight the drug trade asserting that no single country can effectively tackle narco-trafficking. He said the issue of a local response must be viewed in the context of a wider initiative, and he cited the example of demand in the US, which he said is stimulating production. Ramotar said essentially that strategies should not be confined to “Guyana alone”, but rather an international effort which targets the industry.
The administration had ambitiously launched the National Drug Strategy Master Plan for 2005-2009 four years ago, but recent assessments have pointed to few of the original goals in the plan being achieved. Stabroek News attempted to contact Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday to no avail and was later advised that he was out of town.
Smoking gun
The call by a relative of Khan on Friday for government to pay him and give him a pension upon his return here is a “smoking gun”, according to Corbin. He said the call points to government’s involvement in “the execution and torture of hundreds”. Corbin said too that the administration’s silence and diversionary tactics on Khan’s operations here will not erase the atrocities committed against hundreds of Guyanese. He said Khan’s involvement as well as that of the state must be investigated and reiterated his call for the inquiry.
The evidence led before the court in Khan’s trial and that of his former attorney, Robert Simels had been well publicized Corbin said, recalling statements by the PNCR on the issue last week. He said the administration had attempted to avoid the damaging implication of its involvement with Khan, but stressed that hundreds of families are in need of closure and justice. The joint opposition is committed to an international inquiry and in finding “that closure” for Guyanese who have been directly affected, Corbin added.
Time to put it to rest
Ramjattan said Khan’s 15-year sentence reflects justice being done as it relates to the charges brought against him in the US court. He said Khan obviously cooperated with the US authorities to the extent where “valid information must have been provided” on persons involved here, and he is certain other indictments will follow at the appropriate time. He said the Khan clearly made a deal with the US government that implicates other cocaine dealers.
But the sentence aside, he said, the time has come for the families of persons brutally murdered during the infamous crime surge between 2002-2006 to receive closure. Ramjattan said an international inquiry must be done “so that we can put this thing to rest”. The inquiry will not only probe what happened during that period, he explained, but also offer recommendations as to “how not to behave.
“Any inquiry is likely to find among the recommendations that here in Guyana we must not employ criminals to fight criminals but instead look to our enforcement agencies. If we doubt their ability to do it then we change whoever needs to be changed, and or if we find that they alone cannot get the job done then we must ask for outside help.” There are some valid lessons which can be extracted from an international inquiry, Ramjattan added.
On the issue of whether government is equipped to fight the drug trade, Ramjattan asserted that clearly there is non-cooperation by the state to prosecute persons the likes of Khan because “there is much complicity” and what he referred to as the fear of being exposed. He said that some government officials had even admitted in the past that narco-trade contributes heavily to the strength of the local economy.
Roopnaraine disclosed that he had only returned to the country late on Friday evening and while he had heard of the sentence he was yet to read the newspaper articles concerning the decision.
He opined that given the “viciousness and severity” of the crimes committed, Khan “got off rather lightly”. The light sentence given would clearly have been as a result of him being able to trade important information to the prosecution in the case, he added.
Roopnaraine, whose party is a part of the opposition front calling for an international inquiry into alleged links between government and the drug trafficker, said that during this week there will be an intensification of this campaign. He said an inquiry by an international body needed to be conducted since “we cannot believe that we are dealing with a normal situation.”
Following the explosive testimony by US government informant Selwyn Vaughn in the witness tampering trial of Khan’s former attorney Robert Simels, which linked the PPP/C administration to a death squad orchestrated by Khan, there were calls for the government to launch a Commission of Inquiry. When President Bharrat Jagdeo was asked at a press conference on July 29, if his administration would initiate such an inquiry, he said no. However, he said it was likely that a criminal investigation into the matter would be done at some point in time.
“You don’t need a Commission of Inquiry to go after criminal acts, the police should do that, not a special commission and they should get to the perpetrators and prosecute them. What you need more is investigation and prosecution… because what was alleged [here] are criminal acts,” he said.
When this was raised with Roopnaraine yesterday, he said the President’s reasoning “would make sense if we had criminal investigations that led anywhere”. He stated that the country seems to lack the capacity or the will to carry out proper criminal investigations. He further opined that there probably are elements within the justice system and in the Police Force who have “been tainted by what is going on”.
Meanwhile, when asked if street protests were an option being considered, Roopnaraine said that this should not be ruled out but admitted that there were some reservations from some members of the joint alliance. Roopnaraine had said previously that the government had worked overtime at criminalizing street marches which limited their impact. He told this newspaper yesterday that there are very few countries in the world where people cannot walk in the streets in protests. He said “any legitimate protest within the law should not be ruled out.”
Protesting will only give the government the excuse to make the opposition look like the bad guys,these people and their supporters are always looking for excuses to justify their negative actions,just like those jokers who blog about the freedom fighters killing children in their beds,and in the same breath the same people are saying that raja had rid the country of the freedom fighters,I am sorry to break it to you guys,but your hero did nothing,things remain the same,if there are still freedom fighters in Guyana,so what are you praising him for?
comic:::Kindly read and re-read the story over and over and over again and again and again::see if there is anything new:
does your pee en see not do this crap every time its left out of action:no need for people to make opposition look bad:opposition look bad itself every time they open their mouths:you just like dem do not bring any thing new here either:it takes a bigger joker like you to call others joker:comic::none of the bloggers here picked the word “freedom fighter” out of thin air joker:its your very own opposition that called them “freedom fighters” can you joker deny that?dont go near what you said “these people and their supporters” caoz same could be said about “your opposition and their supporters”
You know the thing that upsets me so much is now tha Khan has ben sentence everybody that calls themselves being in power is now speaking out and calling for a stiffer penality but where were these voices when Khan’s gang was having a field day murdering our sons and daugthers ad inflicting grieaveous pain to our mothers .
Now every body wants to be a voice heard .
These so call leaders are nothing but a bunch of cowards.
An international investigation covering the crime spree after the jail break is required. Limiting the investigation only to Roger Khan’s activities is insufficient and continuation of political games. Everything must be on the table and let the chips fall where they may.
Evileyes and Witch Dr, our country’s future is at stake and your comments about Roger Khan being a hero trivializes the gravity of the situation. The comedic positions you have taken, at no risks to your physical well-being, exposes others at home to harm. I hope as parents/adults your life experiences would have equipped you with the ability to distinguish right from wrong.
Roger Khan has brought shame and disgrace to our nation and pled guilty in a foreign land to being a drug trafficker. Is this a man you would like your daughter or sister to be associated with? Don’t you find troubling a man of Roger Khan’s character being so close to government officials and the seat of government? Are you only interested in the body count while your safety is in no way compromised? Just give a little thought to my questions and let me know if you still think this merchant of the death squad is worthy of hero worship.
evileyes, witch dr, avinash persaud,freespeech, marc, i have commented before about how you people write from a position of ignorance. getting through to you folks is a work in progress and only time can heal your resistance to knowledge. when you folks talk about opposition being involved with criminals i have to say like you would, show me the proof. harping wont make the crimes that khan is rsponsibe for go away. there is no statue of limitation for murder and if there is one thing that’s certain, the pee pee pee don’t own guyana. the crimes that were committed by the gangs for turf were between roger khan’s gang and the other gangs. unfortunately one set was smarter and therefore solicited the help of operatives in high places to perpetuate their crimes in the name of crime fighting. listen to your president,he threw khan under the bus by saying that khan must say on “whos behalf was he fight on”. many of you grew up to know about guns and have never witness heinious crimes. the crimes you talk about and proportion blame must be spread evenly around. there was never no darker period in guyana’s history than in the 1960’s. Many of you who think that roger khan was good for guyana should rethink your position because with drug smuggler roger khan back in guyana things can easily get out of hand and all the bloggers and all the blogs wont be able to help the poor guyanese who will be in the mess. none will be insulated so, you can continue to follow and parrot talking points blindly and believe there is no consequences. i have tried to be as simple as possible for the above mentioned names so that they can ubderstand.
The govt will never “investigate” Khan nor will they support an impartial international investigation simply because such an investigation will see many in the PPP govt headed off to jail–just like Khan.
The comfort that the joint opposition and the law-abiding Guyanese people could draw from all of this, is that the US will get their man(men)where and when the finger points.
In many of these cases, that finger will be Khan’s. If that 15 years’ cushy jail sentence didn’t clue the PPP govt and their defenders like a haymaker would at the slam to a face, then they need to sniff amonia, eat wasabi and bukraman pepper at the same time to shake them out of their present state of self-induced mental paralysis.
Khan has departed the PPP’s Georgetown club. He’s now playing with the big boys in the US. So youse bloggers here in these here bloggershere on SN need to wake up and smell the coffee. Khan is not your friend anymore.
HE IS WITNESS FOR THE US PERSECUTION!
Evileyes were you speaking to me? Well I’m afraid you gat me,because even though the joker’s cap fitted you and you came at me spewing your bile,I still cannot make head or tail of what you are really trying to say,I can see you now,getting in a tizwas,breathing fire and frothing at the mouth,you need to cool down take deep breaths go and wipe away the lehleh and wash your face try to recover when you get offended by anything you read on this site before making a response,least you end up making very little sense,you’re losing the plot,stop taking things so seriously!
Many cowards use foreign shores secure from harm and spill bile that can bring serious injury and death to the supporters of the two main political parties in Guyana. When disturbances flare up, its the dispossessed who get hurt while the puppeteers keep pulling the strings. How many of the common people in Guyana see Roger Khan as a hero? How many people in Guyana were supportive of “Fineman” and his gang when he allegedly committed his criminal acts? I did not see one blog in the Stabroeknews community that lent support to any of them. Now we have supremacists claiming to be Guyanese but living in foreign lands bestowing sainthood on this man.
This is for both Guy123 & Borapork.
Why is it you would want to beat someone into submission to simply agree with your views.
Evil asked some questions and it would appear as though you both are making it personal.
You both have your point of view and your say which no one has a problem with.
Prior to the 0-2 prison escaped, did any of you ever heard of Roger Khan,freedom fighter or phantom?
If you both did then I am wrong because I never did.
After those criminal killed and wound others to make good on their escape what took place after?
I guess we all know the history of that.
Innocent people including children were brutally cut down, women were being raped and robbed.
Police officers were being murdered along with a few army personnel.
Question for you both.
If what they said on the air waves in Guyana that those are freedom fighters and are fighting Government oppression was true.
Then why did the freedom fighters not go after the leadership in Government,Police and Army?
Were those really fighting Government oppression or was it something more sinister they had in mind?
Maybe I am a joker too because from time to time I often blog here.
Evil one is right on the button where criminals are concerned and I too share his sentiments.
But do not force us and or beat us to death for not being a part of your sentiments.
Thank you both.
Evileyes aka Leroy ,roger khan had an agenda and he seized his chance at the expense of the innocent,the phantoms were those people that you would not want to know because they betrayed everything and everyone they ever knew,as for the so called freedom fighters(escapees),they were just robbers who fitted right into roger’s plan,they gave him the excuse he needed,because he knew all he had to do was spin a political conspiracy, he knew the mentality of the ppp and their supporters,…..I have said all that I will say to you today!
About this so called story where some politicains once again revealing their stupidity by implicitly defending criminals who tried to wreck havoc on Guyana and whom the voters will deal them a good kick next election—-yaaaaawnnn….
john brown if the names you mentioned writes from a position of ignorance then what that makes you? Ignorance to the highest? yoo always with your crap about you people..who is you people?is it not ignorance to the highest defending a set of criminals and not the very murderous act those same criminals carried out.you talk with more than ignorance than anyone else here.
Guy 123 did you really mean what you said “Evileyes aka Leroy”?
You have just made your very own case for EE to call you a joker
They can call, they can knock on the door, they can bawl and beg and they can protest on the streets…no matter what the opposition do or try the government will not give a dam because as far as the general public knows the government may or have some part to do with roger khan and his atrocities.
It’s time the opposition get real serious and stop trying to see who can drive the most expensive car, who has the biggest house, whose pocket is fatter and whose children can study abroad because at the end of the day its the Guyanese who are fed up will have the last say…..and it’s time for a new opposition who is not afraid of anything!!!!
SH,you know what…you were scared like hell(shaking in your boots)to confront the same ppl that Raja alledgly terminated.If it wasn’t for the rogue members of your former organisation who armed the Ferals,we wouldn’t have been in this mess today.Raja would have been another drug dealer going to jail.
BTW,the world without 0(zero) itself will be 0(zero).
SFH – I get the impression, that you strongly feel that the opposition is going about this the wrong way, by asking for a commission of inquiry, if that’s the case, what do you think, as a citizen, is the best way for them to approach this issue without appearing as wanting to score political points?
“Witch Snitch” You know what, i worked eight tireless and sleepless night and countless days looking for those same criminals, only thing we didn’t know then that they were working for Khan…And if i was on the patrol that found that bullet proof vehicle and laptop with Khan….. he would not have been in a federal jail today….he would have been somewhere else.
BTW the world without your hero who equals to 0 is very good!!!
No witchie. It was because of your weakling government have this mess today.
Resorting to the use of merceneries for a simple affair, while allowing the drugs to enter and leave the country unhindered.
This money they used in the construction of houses and the importation of other vanities, is what the government showcases as development.
Jagdeo’s logic, Miami was developed with drugs money to which the US turned a blind eye. After this development attained a certain height, the US then came down on the trade.
They now see the US as using double standards and being unreasonable for coming down on Guyana because they wee using a similar model to Miami for development.
In a nutshell, that is the whole point in the RK’s rise and demise.
CORRECTION~!!!!!!
THAT SHOULD READ EIGHT TIRELESS AND SLEEPLESS MONTHS!!!
SandHurst, what we should be working for is a new Government not a new opposition, so we can bring all the criminals to justice.
Mack , we need the new opposition to defeat the government first so we can bring all the criminals to justice.
Keep the pressure up ladies and gentlemen. Something has to give. Any investigation must cover Khan, the government, allegations of freedom fighters and opposition. No stone must be left unturned and every guyanese must be satisfied that there was no bias in the investigations.
In order to achieve this we may well have to go international as only the president has the confidence that the local police can do the job though he knows that the force is tainted.
Peaceful protests in Georgetown , on a regular and sustained basis against the inept ppp govt is required to have a Commission of Inquiry to investigate as to what took placed in Guyana during 2002 – 2006 ; pertaining to the killings by the “phantom squad’ and the “freedom fighters” .
The CARICOM EXEC and the leaders of the Caricom member states will remain silent under the guise of non interference. However, they will speak out against any protest that shows any inkling of violence. The PPP uses this as part of its propaganda strategy. Over the years the PPP used the resources of the criminal enterprize to make any street protest look violent. They then cry out that opposition elements want to usurp power.This strategy has worked and has a numbing effect on the CARICOM EXEC and the leaders of the Caricom member states- all pawns in the PPP power play! There is need for the citizens of each CARICOM member state to condemn the Guyana Government’s complicity in the Roger Khan’s case.
Long live Roger Khan…
A drug dealer-unacceptable
A crimnal exterminator-acceptable; HELL YEA!
In 2002, elements of the main oppostion were calling the Douglas gang “Freedom Fighters”. Bear in mind these men were slaughtering people on the East Coast.
Renew call for inquiry? Give Me a Break. The police need to have an inquiry into the main opposition’s party link to criminal activities.
Correction sir,it is “FREEDUMB FIGHTERS”.
A drug Dealer — You accepted Him
A Criminal Exterminator — (Only Exterminating his competition so he is just the same as them)
In 2002, elements of the government (Roger Khan) were using the Douglas gang to eliminate all drug dealers. Bear in mind that there is no proof these men were slaughtering people on the East Coast.
I know you have no evidence of what you are saying so you gotta be a robot….
Who Cares about Roger Khan…
A drug dealer – YOU accepted Him
A criminal exterminator – He aint no Schwarzenegger
In 2002, there were no elements of the main oppostion who were calling the Douglas gang “Freedom Fighters”. Bear in mind these men had slaughtered anyone in Guyana.
Renew call for inquiry? YES.
Correction; its “TERRORISTS”.
What about Agricola? some people have selective memories, Guyanese from all walks of life was affected by the crime wave, the same so call crime fighter, was supplying the criminals with guns, big ones too, and he could,nt control them and could,nt pay all of them. Some of the criminals decided to turn the guns on him, he gets wind of it, and take out the competition, some rivals gangs went over to his side and infiltrate the rival gangs.
What started out as a gang war fighting over turf, ended up involving prominent and high profile people. Some people was suckered right into it. Due to some people was seeing this as an ethnic thing and not a Guyanese thing, we are living like cats and dogs.Guyana is for Guyanese NOT NO ONE RACE. Guyana is multi racial, a lot of people are mixed with another race. Drug sand guns dont discriminate the people behind it does.
what about the jail BREAK and the escapee, their roll in slaughtering innocent children in their sleep.
the theft of 30AK47, why no call for an inquiry into these crimes or are they are afraid.
khan admit he took it upon himself to eliminate these terrorist so no more investigation is needed there.
get it going on the first two, deal with it in a chronological order, just dont jump the gun.
Whenever Roge Khan is released,the Government has an obligation to protect him like the PNC did for Gregory Smith.
What proof you have that these men committed these crimes, were you there when it took place, if so you are no different from them “Free Sheet”….
If you wanna play a Sherlock Holmes, a Perry Mason or a Ben Matlock you will need to investigate yourself first!!
freespeech did you read anything new here?
i didnt….all i had was my morning laugh…eheheheheeh….
opposition has no way of making or getting in the news these days:::this is all they have::::government must call for inquiry into why rain didnt fall so heavy to cause floods:
opposition:Govt must call for international inquiry into why people in Guyana slow down killing each other:
eheheheheheheheehehehehe:::::::::::::::::::::
freespeech, your sentiments confirms the gross incompetence of the PNCR.
Their selective silence during the height of the crime spree suggest that none in their ranks were intelligent enough to advise that crime is crime and affects all Guyana.
Now that they speak(and rightly so) they have loss the respect of many.
It’s no wonder that RK’s cousin was quoted as saying that the Guyana Govt. should give him a pension upon his deportation………….. May the Lord help us all
Freespeech – You missed the point BIG time here dude, NONE of those things you mentioned had any connection to the GY government…the KHAN incident have the GY government FINGERPRINSTS written all over it…and the evidence is indisputable. Plus, for your information, some ranks were removed and jailed for the AK47 thefts.
Yea Marc, I see you’re cramping the People’s Progressive National Congress Party into the same cell. I’m glad. Recognising the similarities and how much of the same mould these two parties are cut from, having both been birthed from the same gene is crucial to true Guyanese self, self-worth over blind loyalty to party and let us not forget individualism. And in case you have not already done an overview of this blog, the People’s Progressive National Congress Party loyalty is and has been blind and very tolerant of wrong doings.
I always say…if you’re going to burn in hell, might as well do it for self. Who wants to burn for some lying poltician anyway!
Freespeech, Criminals with the same DNA hunting other criminals to gain turf advantage is bad enough, especially when the govt could have asked for outside help. You can justify the reasons but the answer is always where evil was used to begat evil. I hope you’re not a religous man because then you’re going to have to someday try to explain to God why you defended a war where two evil forces went up against each other. That you believe that Roger Khan’s motive was selfless is not only naive, it is boderline pathetic. We don’t grow up to be hoodwiked to this extent.
See, you can jump up and rave all you want about the crime spree which Roger Khan snuffed out but then he embarked on his own and he was on his own while he used the opportunity to eliminate rivals, but if he was so successful, how come all those criminals dead and still high crimes and misdeamors in Guyana, many of which allegedly with the blessings and by even members of your PPP govt?
This would cause any reasonable mind to ask, who is wrong and who is right in all of this? Who are really the perpetrators of crimes upon the Guyanese electorate? Do we have a lawful govt that is setting lawful examples to the general populace?
Answers seem to be eluding you, freespeech but questions, these questions? Why?
Questions are a vital part of the human development. Why, after logic are they still eluding you?
Sandhurst,
You live in Guyana, go to Annandale and Vigilance and ask people in those communities what they went through after the jail break.
Look up the old news archive and take note of how many instances Stolen AKs were used to kill innocent people on the ECD; ballistic tests have shown.
freespeech
I’ve been trying to say the same thing and more but this bias paper keeps on axing my comments. Luckily, there are other sites to speak of these truths and about those who aim to silence them.
RodRick …I AIN’T GOTTA GO NOWHERE, YOU COME BACK HAY AND GO YASELF!!!
IF A MAN COME TO ROB ME WITH A KNIFE HOW WILL I KNOW THAT IT IS A STOLEN KNIFE WHICH WENT MISSING FROM GUYANA STORES…WHEN I AM SHIVERING LIKE A BABY IN MY PANTS?????
SandHurst First,Your respond to RodRick doesn’t make any sense.Didn’t you follow up with the news from 2002 to present-concerning the jail break and the missing AKs and how some were found.
Sh,
I’ve already been there but you, a man in uniform has no clue as to what was happening 10-12 miles away from GT, a couple of years ago. Just like the PNC, you only know about Raja Khan and his deeds and nothing of the freedumb fighters.
We need a comprehensive probe, starting with the Mash Day jail break and the crime spree launched by criminals against innocent Guyanese and culminating with the role of the Phantom Squad in extra judicial killings. The PPP has accused the PNC of bein gin bed with the armed and dangerous criminals and the PNC has accused the PPP of being in bed with the Phantom Squad killers, so what we now have is more of the PPP and PNC. When will they ever disappear.
An independent probe of the PPP and PNC’s criminalities can only be done by an independent government empaneling an independent team of investigators from Guyana and abroad.
Dandy Andy: My sentiments exactly. I submitted comments along the same lines but for some reason it has disappeared into the ether that physicists rejected at the end of the nineteenth century. An “international independent probe of the PPP and PNC’s criminalities” is needed.
The inept opposition should realise that the Roger Khan cow has already been milked dry and should move on to another cow to milk,there are the economy cow(bread and butter issues),the domestic violence cow,the “Garbage City “cow and a whole farm of other cows to milk.Roger Khan has beened canned for at least 10 years in which time the opposition has at least two chances to win an election and do what they think is in the best interest of the Guyanese people but they do not seem optimistic about the future(like winning elections)so why would any normal person want to vote for people with no self confidence whatsoever so they should get on that dairy farm and milk milk milk and maybe they might gain some political mileage which will do everybody a whole lot of good.”Its The Bread And Butter Issues”
“If we find that they alone cannot get the job done then we must ask for outside help.”I do hope that ALL opposition parties will join together for ONCE to ensure that justice is done.
Mr. Ramjattan said that “Some government officials even admitted in the past that narco-trade contributes heavily to the strength of the local economy.” These officials should be placed between a VICE and be SQUEEZED by international anti-drugs and money laundering bodies.
To get help with the narco trafficing, we need the Government’s permission, so far all we hear is talk. DEA had proposed an antidrug task force in Guyana. It has not happened. I believe if the Guyana Government wsa really serious about narco trafficing it would have been done. Columbia has chased the drug lords out of their country. There are looking for mew homes. Guyana has unsecured borders. Put the pieces together.
This is commendable that all the Opposition Leaders come together in the interest of all the Guyanese Nation.
They must see to it that true justice be serve and the Rule of Law must be respected. Could you imagine that President Jagdeo telling the Nation that there is no need for an International Inquiry?
“You don’t need a Commission of Inquiry to go after criminal acts, the police should do that, not a special commission and they should get to the perpetrators and prosecute them. What you need more is investigation and prosecution… because what was alleged [here] are criminal acts,” he said.
Yet, Khan who was involved in drugs trafficking and other criminal activities was given the right to fight crime in Guyana. Was the Police fighting crime? or the King Drug Lord fighting Crime? Is this the PPP/C new rule of law?
Mr. Roopnaraine was right when he said “previously that the government had worked overtime at criminalizing street marches which limited their impact”. Is this justice? Where are the rights of the people? And they call Burnham a dictator, history speaks for itself. These 17 years of the PPP/C will definitely goes down in history. Congrats. to all the Leaders Opposition Parties, you must follow up on this matter for action with this Roger Khan saga.
The opposition forces continues to stress about the 200 odd “FREEDUMB FIGHTER”,1.so what about their alledged political link?
2.Who arms a bunch of misfits with AKS?JOHNHANDER,this is act1.
3.Was”over throwing”our democratically elected government one of their objectives?
4.Who kills sleeping men,women and kids?
Let’s start here.From these conditions,Raja emerged.
Witch, from these murderous jailbreakers emerged a dangerous drug dealer who saw an opportunity to eliminate his own rivals who were threatening his turf, who had nothing to do with the jail break or the jailbreakers; this lead to crimes of international porportions being committed in Guyana and finally the US had to step in. Would have been better to just ask for outside help, wouldn’t it? Meanwhile the US was recording every bearded man who sent drugs to America and every friend he talked to. The spy satelites they may have used would make that spy laptop look like kindy-garten ping-pong machines. Imagine that!
More to come…
BTW, his name is Shaheed. Either that or those Raja’s have been reduced to South Americans Drug Lords.