`I do not accept the GPF’s apology nor do I believe them. The absurdity of the reason! If you cannot put someone on a list unless you went to Court, how is it possible that their name is there when you did not go? This is just total drivel’
Having already cleared customs and immigration at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) David Patterson was on Tuesday night blocked from boarding a flight to attend a meeting with the US Black Congressional Caucus in Washington, despite having clearance from a court to travel.
Patterson related that he was subsequently told that his name was on a no-fly list, despite the fact that in Guyana there is no such list, and for a person to be prohibited from travelling, a court has to grant that action, on direct request by the police or through bail hearings.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) later issued an apology saying that it mistakenly left the former Minister of Public Infrastructure’s name on this country’s no-fly list.
