GEORGETOWN, March 16 - - A team of officials representing A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) today met with Commissioner of Police Mr. Seelall Persaud and top police commanders representing the Guyana Police Force (GPF) executive management team.
 
The meeting was requested by APNU+AFC to communicate with the Commissioner of Police and his team, the coalition’s concerns, security considerations and the current security situation in the lead-up to the May 11 ^th General and Regional Elections.
 
The APNU+AFC team made it clear that the security situation in the country required the provision of strong security by the GPF for the Coalition’s Presidential and Prime Ministerial Candidates. The security of campaign offices, major rallies and party elections officials were also discussed.
 
The Commissioner and his team briefed the Coalition team on the Guyana Police Force’s pre and post elections security arrangements. The Commissioner gave the APNU+AFC team the assurance that the GPF was well prepared for any eventualities. The Police executive management team said that they were prepared to cooperate fully with campaign personnel nation-wide and made available to the APNU+AFC team the contact information of all Divisional Commanders.
 
The policy regarding the holding of public meetings was also discussed and assurances given to the Coalition that once applications were received in a timely manner, the GPF would embrace the principle of granting permission.
 
The APNU+AFC team was headed by Campaign Co-Chairs, Joe Harmon and Raphael Trotman and included Winston Felix, David Patterson and Paul Slowe.