Now that the dust is settling on the parliamentary participation issue involving Minister Clement Rohee, the time might be right for us to consider another important aspect of our political administration thrown up by the Linden debacle.
If memory serves me right, we heard from the Acting Commissioner of Police that there has been a long history of ministers dealing directly with senior officers in the Guyana Police Force, and that Minister Rohee has continued that tradition. Since according to Westminster-type rules governing the relationship between ministers and public officials as generally understood, a minister is to give general policy directions, monitor, evaluate and take the necessary action to ensure that the adumbrated policies have been implemented and day-to-day implementation should rest with the most senior public officials, permanent secretaries, chief executive officers, commissioner of police, etc, this admission,
