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AFC should say that them doing to the toilet in their AP ..let us see if the Lunchman will walk with toilet paper or the chronicle
Talks on DEA office here could restart - Luncheon
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Written by Kwesi Isles
Friday, 30 September 2011 10:37
The posting of a new US ambassador in Georgetown after two years could see talks restarting on the set up of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Guyana.
Brent Hardt was last month sworn in as the new US government representative to Guyana and took up his post this month, replacing Ambassador John Jones whose tour had been cut short in 2009 due to ill health.
Speaking to Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) on Wednesday chief government spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon said he believes the interest in having the office here will be “rekindled.”
“We haven’t had an ambassador in about two years. Maybe we’re reading too much in such a step but I want to believe that between Wikileaks and the airing of differences and opinions about this issue the presence of an ambassador again, the interest would be rekindled,” he said.
Jones’ predecessor, Roland Bullen, in 2006 had called for the urgent set up of a DEA office in Guyana as revealed by embassy cables released by whistleblower site Wikileaks. At the time the ambassador had said that Guyana was heading for narco-statehood.
“Post requests the formal establishment of a DEA office at Embassy Georgetown. Guyana is well on its way to narco-statehood -- a prospect that poses a real threat to U.S. interests,” said Bullen.
The cable was dispatched on May 24, 2006 to, among others, the US Secretary of State, DEA Headquarters in Washington. "The level of narco-trafficking influence on the political, judicial and economic systems in Guyana creates ripe conditions for the emergence of a narco- state,” he told his principals as well as counterparts in Trinidad, Suriname and Venezuela.
The American envoy believed that a DEA presence in Guyana would significantly improve the US government’s ability to fight drug trafficking in Guyana.
Other cables also noted the rise of convicted drug dealer Roger Khan and the possible tainting of government officials by the narco-trade, specifically Police Commissioner Henry Greene whose US visa was revoked based on information gathered by the DEA.
Greene has denied any drug trade involvement.
Guyana has made several requests for the set up of a DEA office here over the years, with requests dating back as far as 1995. The authorities here have often criticized the US sloth in rendering security assistance, particularly as it relates to drug interdiction efforts.
Security cooperation appears to be a priority for Ambassador Hardt who in a recent meeting with private sector representatives said the matter had arisen during his meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo this month.
AFC should say that them doing to the toilet in their AP ..let us see if the Lunchman will walk with toilet paper or the chronicle
Talks on DEA office here could restart - Luncheon
| Print |
Written by Kwesi Isles
Friday, 30 September 2011 10:37
The posting of a new US ambassador in Georgetown after two years could see talks restarting on the set up of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) office in Guyana.
Brent Hardt was last month sworn in as the new US government representative to Guyana and took up his post this month, replacing Ambassador John Jones whose tour had been cut short in 2009 due to ill health.
Speaking to Demerara Waves Online News (www.demwaves.com) on Wednesday chief government spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon said he believes the interest in having the office here will be “rekindled.”
“We haven’t had an ambassador in about two years. Maybe we’re reading too much in such a step but I want to believe that between Wikileaks and the airing of differences and opinions about this issue the presence of an ambassador again, the interest would be rekindled,” he said.
Jones’ predecessor, Roland Bullen, in 2006 had called for the urgent set up of a DEA office in Guyana as revealed by embassy cables released by whistleblower site Wikileaks. At the time the ambassador had said that Guyana was heading for narco-statehood.
“Post requests the formal establishment of a DEA office at Embassy Georgetown. Guyana is well on its way to narco-statehood -- a prospect that poses a real threat to U.S. interests,” said Bullen.
The cable was dispatched on May 24, 2006 to, among others, the US Secretary of State, DEA Headquarters in Washington. "The level of narco-trafficking influence on the political, judicial and economic systems in Guyana creates ripe conditions for the emergence of a narco- state,” he told his principals as well as counterparts in Trinidad, Suriname and Venezuela.
The American envoy believed that a DEA presence in Guyana would significantly improve the US government’s ability to fight drug trafficking in Guyana.
Other cables also noted the rise of convicted drug dealer Roger Khan and the possible tainting of government officials by the narco-trade, specifically Police Commissioner Henry Greene whose US visa was revoked based on information gathered by the DEA.
Greene has denied any drug trade involvement.
Guyana has made several requests for the set up of a DEA office here over the years, with requests dating back as far as 1995. The authorities here have often criticized the US sloth in rendering security assistance, particularly as it relates to drug interdiction efforts.
Security cooperation appears to be a priority for Ambassador Hardt who in a recent meeting with private sector representatives said the matter had arisen during his meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo this month.