Greene ‘retires’

Henry Greene

Amidst a wave of calls for him to go after being accused of rape, Commissioner of Police Henry Greene has retired with immediate effect, in a development that human rights campaigner Karen De Souza last night described as a “travesty of justice” and a “disgrace.”

The Office of the President through the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a terse statement last night that “by letter dated April 19, 2012, addressed to Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Mr. Henry Green(e) DSM has offered to retire as the commissioner of Police of Guyana.”

“His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of the Republic of Guyana has accepted his offer with