Gov’t going after ‘big fishes’ to restore national pride

The crowd at the Stabroek Square yesterday.

Promising to restore Guyana’s pride, Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said the new government plans “to go after the big fishes” who have tainted the country’s image.

At a PNCR meeting at the Stabroek Market Square yesterday afternoon to update the people on recent happenings, Harmon said the government will inject extra resources into the police force in a bid to create an intellectual structure for tackling crime. “It is time we bruk the back of crime,” he said, while pointing out that there is no room for criminals anymore in the country. He lauded the efficiency the police force has been showing in the past few months.

Harmon also referenced the allegations made by self-confessed death squad member Shawn Hinds in the past few days and said that after everything is put together there will be a special place at the Camp Street jail for all of the people who terrorised Guyanese citizens. Harmon said he