More women call for top cop to go

Cathy Hughes

Commissioner Henry Greene should offer an apology to the nation and resign from his post, according to Alliance For Change (AFC) member Cathy Hughes who joined her voice to those of a number of organisations and individuals calling for the top cop to go.
“The fact that the Commissioner admitted that the individual in question went to him in his official capacity seeking help and the fact that he also admitted having a sexual encounter with her, I feel that those two key points highlight the fact that the only honourable thing for him to do would be to offer his resignation,” Hughes told the Sunday Stabroek in an invited comment.
She said that based on his own admission Greene’s actions were “reprehensible.”

Calls have been mounting for the Commissioner to go home since an accusation of rape was levelled against him by a 34-year-old woman last December, and his subsequent admission of consensual sex with her when she was a witness in a criminal investigation. Following investigations the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack advised the police to charge Greene with rape but the Commissioner in a surprise move approached the High Court for an order blocking the institution of a rape charge. Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang recently ruled against the DPP’s advice labelling it as “irrational” since the evidence presented to him did not support such a charge.

Many, including former Human Services Minister and now Education Minister Priya Manickchand, have