No development without security – Mc Lean

Tackling and effectively addressing the country’s domestic security challenges, one of the issues at the very top of the local Private Sector Commission’s (PSC) agenda of concerns has become an essential prerequisite to taking Guyana’s economy forward, newly elected PSC Chairman, Major General Norman Mc Lean has told the Stabroek Business.

He said that while increasing remuneration in the Guyana Police Force (GPF) ought to be a matter of official priority, “more pay should not be seen as the solution to the problem of corrupt policemen.”

In an exclusive interview with this newspaper on Wednesday, McLean said that public/private sector efforts to take the country’s economy forward would require the strong support of the country’s law-enforcement agencies. He said efforts to build investor confidence in