Exercise Holdfast underway: The Joint Services, comprising the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Prison Service and the Guyana Fire Service, yesterday commenced a two-day Command Post Exercise (CPX), Exercise Holdfast at the Base Camp Ayanganna Auditorium as part of their preparations for the Local Government Election (LGE) set for March 18,2016.
A release from the GDF said that Exercise Holdfast is aimed at schooling the Officers and Ranks of the Joint Services in the development of critical thinking and effective responses to potential problems which may be experienced during the LGE.
The release said that yesterday morning the Officers and Ranks assembled at 1000 hours and were briefed as to what was expected from them during the exercise before being placed into several Syndicates. The Syndicates were provided with various scenarios of incidents likely to occur during the LGE. One such potential scenario could be the outbreak of civil disobedience which threatens the lives of citizens who seek to express their right to exercise their constitutional franchise at the place of poll, the release said.
