Former Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall yesterday slammed President David Granger for his statement that there is no need for a full probe into the Carifesta Avenue accident that claimed three lives, labelling it “unlawful” interference which sets a bad precedent of the Executive crossing boundaries.
“No member of the Executive including the president has the authority to determine in what instances the police force should or should not investigate,” Nandlall told Stabroek News. “The investigation and detection of incidents or allegations in order to determine whether a criminal offence has occurred is a matter that is purely and exclusively under the Police Act,” he said.
Granger last week told reporters that he did not think the crash, a result of a botched intelligence operation that resulted in the deaths of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) intelligence officer Sergeant Robert Pyle, his wife Stacy Pyle and
