Police Force least trusted institution in Guyana – US report

98% of the Force IS PNC. It MUST be deducted that 98% of the PNC are worthless, incompetent, untrustworthy Dummies!!!

The scathing report said too that it is too early to tell if the promises of the coalition A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) will be realised.
According to the report, the May 2015 elections of a multiethnic, reform-minded coalition brought a fresh opportunity for Guyana to move toward a more responsive and accountable state of governance, “however, this democratic outcome is far from certain.”

Nehru posted:

98% of the Force IS PNC. It MUST be deducted that 98% of the PNC are worthless, incompetent, untrustworthy Dummies!!!

Seems like President Grainger is impotent to do anything, as they are running a cake shop Government, one would have expected that with the numbers of Ministers and their exorbitant salary increases, Guyana would have been on the bright side on pulling things together.

Guess Ramjhattan has to go, give him an easy desk job.

It found too that in addition to a disproportionately high suicide rate, the country also has a high migration rate, with 90 per cent of tertiary-level graduates migrating to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the Caribbean.

Implementation of Rule of Law problematic in Guyana – USAID

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August 20,2016

The United States Agency for International Development has published its 2016 final report on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Assessment of Guyana.
The report which was prepared by Tetra Tech ARD concluded that Guyana’s legal framework provides for the rule of law and protection of human rights, but its implementation is problematic.It was noted that the administration of justice is slow, with uncertain access to fair and equitable justice. Moreover, the report recognized that there isn’t a National Human Rights institution established.To facilitate the completion of the report, the body conducted several interviews with legal professionals who admitted that there is need for the nation’s laws addressing human rights to be updated.

According to the report, based on the Millennium Challenge Corporation index, Guyana received below-average rankings for the rule of law at 41% and control of corruption at 30%. The document read, “Its (Guyana’s) justice system is out-dated, under-resourced and understaffed and cannot keep pace with the needs.”

The report highlighted the appalling state of Guyana’s justice system by referencing to the Guyana Justice Sector Reform Strategy (2006–2010) which estimated that 90% of prosecutions are unsuccessful and that half of the 25,400 cases pending at the High Court would never go to trial. This is so because the cases were either settled in the meantime or abandoned because the persons on bail disappeared, or the witnesses were no longer available.

An assessment was done of the justice sector reforms which were recommended. It was reported that most of those reforms were not implemented including the completion and adoption of new rules of court. Moreover, the report said that despite efforts to reduce the court backlog at that time, a significant backlog still remains today.An evaluation of the geographic location of administration of justice machinery was also done. “Areas outside of Georgetown in particular lack adequate security and justice sector personnel, resources and infrastructure. One Magistrate covers all the hinterland regions, visiting each region only once every three months.”
A further evaluation revealed that there is also limited availability of legal advice and representation, especially for those without means or connections.Despite the slothfulness of the judicial system, the report stated that persons use this delay of justice to their advantage in order to derail justice in some cases, as it would prolong the time to resolve an issue. During this period witnesses as well as evidence disappear.

All of these instances caused a reduction in public trust in the judicial institutions.
The report noted that this level of trust had plummeted since 2012.
“Trust that courts could guarantee a fair trial dropped from more than 60% to below 45% in 2014 and confidence that the justice system would punish the guilty party also fell from more than 60% to close to 40%.”
These are just some of the findings contained in this 2016 edition of the report. Other issues were highlighted in areas such as inclusion, competition and political accountability and Government responsiveness and effectiveness.

asj posted:

It found too that in addition to a disproportionately high suicide rate, the country also has a high migration rate, with 90 per cent of tertiary-level graduates migrating to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the Caribbean.

All dat right after the new govt got in nuh baie? Tell we another story we ahready know dah one.

Django posted:

Implementation of Rule of Law problematic in Guyana – USAID

Source

August 20,2016

The report highlighted the appalling state of Guyana’s justice system by referencing to the Guyana Justice Sector Reform Strategy (2006–2010) which estimated that 90% of prosecutions are unsuccessful and that half of the 25,400 cases pending at the High Court would never go to trial. This is so because the cases were either settled in the meantime or abandoned because the persons on bail disappeared, or the witnesses were no longer available.

An assessment was done of the justice sector reforms which were recommended. It was reported that most of those reforms were not implemented including the completion and adoption of new rules of court. Moreover, the report said that despite efforts to reduce the court backlog at that time, a significant backlog still remains today.An evaluation of the geographic location of administration of justice machinery was also done. “Areas outside of Georgetown in particular lack adequate security and justice sector personnel, resources and infrastructure. One Magistrate covers all the hinterland regions, visiting each region only once every three months.”
A further evaluation revealed that there is also limited availability of legal advice and representation, especially for those without means or connections.Despite the slothfulness of the judicial system, the report stated that persons use this delay of justice to their advantage in order to derail justice in some cases, as it would prolong the time to resolve an issue. During this period witnesses as well as evidence disappear.

All of these instances caused a reduction in public trust in the judicial institutions.
The report noted that this level of trust had plummeted since 2012.
“Trust that courts could guarantee a fair trial dropped from more than 60% to below 45% in 2014 and confidence that the justice system would punish the guilty party also fell from more than 60% to close to 40%.”
These are just some of the findings contained in this 2016 edition of the report. Other issues were highlighted in areas such as inclusion, competition and political accountability and Government responsiveness and effectiveness.

It's interesting to note that this report is based on the years of PPP rule. People like me regularly pointed out that the justice system was corrupt under the PPP. Chung was the most dishonourable judge under the PPP.

cain posted:

asj posted:

It found too that in addition to a disproportionately high suicide rate, the country also has a high migration rate, with 90 per cent of tertiary-level graduates migrating to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the Caribbean.

All dat right after the new govt got in nuh baie? Tell we another story we ahready know dah one.

When are you people going to acknowledge the failure of this govt. This report came out now, not during the PPP tenure. Granger took over more than a year ago and yet he was unable to change the ills of the police who he controlled even when in opposition. Remember 99.999% of the police are Black PNC supporters who listen to the leadership of the PNC for their instructions to let their criminal friends go free and squeeze the Indian businessmen for bribes. 

The Guyana police needs to draw sme lessons from the US policing tactics which will improve the trust factor!