Public security is so important in this country that it ought not to be politicised, PNCR-1G MP Deborah Backer said yesterday, as she harshly criticised the administration for allowing a breakdown in law and order to the point where murders, domestic violence and torture are daily headlines.

The system is defined by a complete breakdown, she said, while noting that drug smuggling is as out of control as the killings and violence which are perpetrated against women and children in the society. She observed that government cannot do it alone and called on her fellow MPs to embrace a more bipartisan approach to Guyana’s problems.

Under the theme “The sameness of it all,” Backer delivered a rousing presentation as the 2011 budget debate continued …..