GHRA urges gov’t to answer for fatal intelligence operation

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday said the Ministry of the Presidency needs to answer the legitimate political and legal questions raised by the failed Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) operation that resulted in three deaths during a chase along Carifesta Avenue on December 30 last year.

In a statement issued yesterday, the GHRA also said the botched operation raises many questions regarding the extent to which good governance principles appear to be eroding. “…[T]he multiple political and legal questions raised by the incident in question require a Parliamentary statement from the Ministry of the Presidency,