Ramotar flays gov’t over botched chase, NICIL probe

Former President Donald Ramotar says that freedoms enjoyed by Guyanese are being curtailed under the David Granger administration and he is questioning the role of the army in several operations.

“The circumstances surrounding the death of a sergeant of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Robert Pyle and his wife have once again raised grave concern at the direction in which our country is going,” Ramotar wrote in the latest edition of the PPP-aligned newspaper, the Weekend Mirror.

President David Granger last week stated that he sees no need for a full probe of the operation, which resulted in the deaths of Pyle, his wife Stacy Pyle and truck driver Linden Eastman, along Carifesta Avenue on December 30, 2015. The accident occurred while Pyle, who had