In what he claims to be the interest of justice, the new Vice-President of Public Security, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, who is in charge of the police, has ordered the Commissioner of Police to sack one policeman, and stated that while he has no control over the Police Service Commission, he expects a similar decision from them in relation to another if its members aren’t to be asked to resign (Ramjattan rebuffs Nandlall over firing of torture cop. SN 6/6/2015). Heady days, some would say!
To recap, in 2009, two police officers tortured a teenager by burning his testicles at the Leonora police station. The matter went to civil court, where the policemen were found liable and the government was ordered to pay damages. In January 2015, to much public outcry, these same two police officers were promoted by the Police Service Commission and the commissioner of police.
In comes the immediate past attorney general, Mr. Anil Nandlall, with a strong condemnation of the vice president. According to him, Mr. Ramjattan has no authority to direct either the commissioner of police or the Police Service Commission to dismiss the policemen. Under the Police Act, the commissioner has superintendence over the day-to-day management of the police and the minister has the authority to provide and monitor policy guidelines. In relation to the
