Executive member of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has defended his government’s record on crime declaring that the party takes “pride in the efforts that government has made to rid Guyana of corruption and bribery.”
“Serious crime has been reduced from over 3,600 incidents in 2014 to just under 2,700 incidents in 2018, a decrease of 25%. The Guyana Police Force has been expanded and given the resources and training they need to fight crime. Unlike under the PPP/C, today crimes are being solved. Specialist police units have been established to fight organized criminal gangs that once controlled our country. Due to these initiatives, there has been a 25% drop in murders from 149 to 111; a drop in reported rapes, burglary and breaking and entering,” Felix told a press conference at Congress Place yesterday.
