Are the police dictators ?

PPP will do what they were mandated to do. 

AFC PNC will have to clean canals and weed grass for another 15-20  years. 

Granger had about 1,000 overpaid Consultants. Talk about too many captains. Good thing PNC lost. 

@Django posted:

Get the facts ,instead of jumping to defend the Dictators  who don't abide by the LAW.

Too many captains sailing the ship.

They maybe dictators but they are not breaking the law that the PNC formulated. When the law does not work in PNC favour, they create bacanal to get it changed.  You do the crime you do the time.

In Guyana today Jagdeo is the best communicator.  He is clear, precise and factual. Granger can barely mumble a complete sentence.

Loose tongues aren't wise people !!!

@Ramakant-P posted:

They maybe dictators but they are not breaking the law that the PNC formulated. When the law does not work in PNC favour, they create bacanal to get it changed. 

You do the crime you do the time.

What crime Christopher Jones committed ?

@Django posted:

What crime Christopher Jones committed ?

He hasn't opened up the barber shop he indicated he was going to open up when he was given the grant. Maybe there is a time limit for proving that you are using the grant for the purpose for which it was obtained.

@Django posted:

Loose tongues aren't wise people !!!

Why you hauling in Jhatt in the convo?

Breaking News: Jones was arrested according to Demerara waves. He can have his day in court to prove his innocence.

Innocent until proven guilty 

100 percent.

He should have just walked into any police station and provided proof of acquisition of these items and just walked out scotch free. 

There is more to this story. 

@Django posted:

What crime Christopher Jones committed ?

DJ, this escalated unnecessarily. He should have his lawyers on the spot and prevented the escalation. When the dust is settled on this, he might have just developed a very strong defence.

1. No original warrant.

2. No legal defence upon his arrest.

3. He appears to have acquired these items through a legal grant.

I am going him all the benefits of a doubt.

PNCR’s Christopher Jones arrested, barber shop equipment seized from home

August 21, 2020 

Source

Police removing items from Mr. Christopher Jones’ residence at Tucville, Georgetown at 1 O’clock Friday, 21st August, 2020.

Despite a High Court order,  People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) executive member, Christopher Jones was arrested on an allegation of simple larceny and several items connected to a barbershop that he planned to open were seized by police early Friday morning.

Mr. Jones, a former government Director Sport, was first taken by police to the Diamond Police Station and later transferred to the Brickdam Police Station where he was being questioned by investigators.

Attorney-at-Law Darren Wade told News-Talk Radio that initially the police had no search warrant but at the time of Mr. Jones’ arrest and seizure of the barbershop chairs and air conditioning unit, police had a document but did not show him or his client.

Mr. Wade said the interim High Court order was read by him to two senior police officers outside Mr. Jones’ home but they declined to accept it. He said one of them remarked “take it to the court.” The lawyer said the order was not served on Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie but it provided for agents or servants.

Regarding the arrest of Mr. Jones as part of a probe into simple larceny, the Attorney-at-Law said “you cannot steal something from yourself” as his client followed all the rules in obtaining the more than GYD$4 million grant to purchase the items for the proposed barbershop. The funds were provided by the Ministry of Social Protection’s  Sustainable Livelihood and Entrepreneurial Development (SLED) programme.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall told News-Talk Radio / Demerara Waves Online News said the new government has a duty to recover properties of the Ministry of Social Cohesion, based on an audit report, “were identified to be at the home of Christopher Jones” and the police were dispatched to recover the items and take a statement about how they were at his premised. “The new government needs to understand where various assets of the government are located so that the current ministers where the properties of the ministries are. It’s a simple as that I don’t know how it became some confrontational,” said Mr. Nandlall.

Told that the audit report shows that Mr. Jones had properly acquired those items through the SLED programme, Mr. Nandlall said Mr. Jones could have gone to the police station and given a statement.

The Attorney General said he was unaware of  a High Court order prohibiting the search and seizure.

@Django posted:

21st August 2020

Dear Editor,

An apology is owed to Christopher Jones and a more mature approach to sensitive issues adopted.

The facts are that Chris Jones applied for a grant from the Ministry of Social Services and was awarded $4.9 Million to equip a Barbershop and employ twenty persons. Equipment was purchased and delivered to Jones as the 'beneficiary' of a government grant. The project was delayed and the equipment was retained by the legal owner (Jones). An audit revealed that the items were all together and not sold or disposed of in any way.

To make a charge of larceny because the project has not materialized is ludicrous in extremis and certainly not a position any reasonable person can support. Whatever the reason for the project stalling, and there are numerous to choose from; NCM or endless political campaigning since December 21, 2018, for example. What then should be the approach?

I would suggest that:

1. Someone from a relevant Ministry reaches out to Jones and offers to assist with the establishment of the Barbershop business.

2. Should Jones not be interested in the project at this stage, he be asked to return the equipment voluntarily.

3. There is no case to be made for larceny or any other illegality and that must be discontinued immediately.

4. The Guyana Police Force needs to carefully consider its actions and professionalism, their actions on the night of the 20th August does not do them credit.

Respectfully

Robin Singh

PPP and PNC old heads will eventually smooth this one out. After carefully reviewing the gathered information, Jones will walk away free on this and might have to be compensated. 

If there is proof that he acquired it legally as suggested then case closed.

An unsigned warrant was totally unacceptable in the first instance. 

I am being as fair as possible. Robin Singh is correct.

@Former Member posted:

DJ, this escalated unnecessarily.

He should have his lawyers on the spot and prevented the escalation.

When the dust is settled on this, he might have just developed a very strong defence.

1. No original warrant.

2. No legal defence upon his arrest.

3. He appears to have acquired these items through a legal grant.

I am going him all the benefits of a doubt.

The lawyers was there ,the police acted unprofessionally carrying out the instructions that was given.

Christopher Jones have done nothing illegal ,how can one be charged for simple larceny for stealing something from yourself . The government made Jones more popular ,he was wrongfully arrested.

Christopher Jones arrest.