| … video footage of gang aback of Buxton will still not be releasedA motion tabled in the National Assembly by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee alleges that the entire Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins Gang has been eradicated, but President Bharrat Jagdeo shares a different opinion.President Jagdeo further insists that he would not release the video footage of the Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins Gang operating aback of Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara.During a press briefing at State House on Saturday, the Head of State insisted that it would be the final time that he would pronounce on the issue of the video footage.According to the motion that was tabled by Rohee, “the Joint Services recently succeeded in ridding Guyana of the scourge of the “Fine Man” Rondell Rawlins’ gang of terrorists, assassins and murderers,Air Max 97 Buy Online, who terrorised and assaulted the Guyanese society for years.”Originally, the question posed to Jagdeo was why not release the footage, given that according to the motion tabled in the National Assembly, the gang was eliminated, but Jagdeo insists that it cannot be released, given that there are still elements of the notorious gang operating; and that there would be sympathizers of the gang who would target the informants who aided in the acquisition of the video.He added also that it was not the policy of any Government to release the identity of its informants, and to release the footage would be tantamount to that.Jagdeo named a person, Omali Rogers, who purportedly drove gang members to the Christmas Falls hideout.He noted that the man was now walking the streets due to a lack of evidence, but he told media operatives that he was convinced that Rogers was a criminal.Ever since the mention of the existence of the footage, there have been repeated calls for its release.These calls became more strident when the President mentioned that prominent figures were caught on tape meeting and mingling with the criminals.When contacted yesterday for a comment on Jagdeo’s most recent pronouncement, leader of the main opposition party, Robert Corbin, said that he will stick with his party’s initial comments.One of the more prominent statements to have emanated from the party was the fact that, for several years now,Cheap Adidas Superstar Shoes, there have been claims of politicians meeting with criminals, and to date none of it has surfaced.More recently, the party had even questioned whether the footage ever existed, given the repeated resistance to publish it.According to leader of the Alliance For Change, Raphael Trotman, all the nation is getting on the issue was,Argentina National Soccer Team Jerseys, “hot air.”Trotman added that the President should apologise to the nation for saying that there was evidence for all these years and not being prepared to release it, noting that his actions were irresponsible.He said that Jagdeo was preposterous and, by his actions, was sowing the seed of division.Recently, subsequent to repeated calls made by the AFC, PNCR and the no objection by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) for Government to release the clandestine video footage of members of the Rondell ‘Fine Man’ Rawlins Gang operating aback of Buxton, East Coast Demerara, President Bharrat Jagdeo had said that the footage will not be released.Speaking to members of the media, President Jagdeo said that there are still members of the gang operating in Guyana, and if the video footage is released, it will undermine the undercover operation of the place from whence the video footage was taken.“It will still betray where they were taken from,Adidas Nmd r1 Pink, and I don’t want to put anyone at risk. We still feel that there may be elements of the gang that are out there, and we are actively pursuing them now. In fact, I had a report where they are still looking for some members of the gang. ‘Fine Man’ and ‘Skinny’ are dead, and some others, but there are still other members of the gang, and they had a support infrastructure that we are trying to dismantle…so the footage is not going to be released,Nike Air Vapor Max Flyknit Women,” the President said.President Jagdeo had, earlier in the year, revealed that the security forces are in possession of video tapes which contain engrossing evidence of the ‘Fine Man’ (Rondell Rawlins) Gang operating on the East Coast of Demerara, and it was very likely that persons whose images appeared on a tape recorded meeting with gunmen in Buxton could be detained soon.Jagdeo had explained that some of the footage was taken from houses in Buxton, and a release of the tape would have shown the angle from which it was taken.The other set of footage was taken by informants who had hidden cameras and who were sitting next to the criminals.The President had noted that if the footage was to be released, then some persons would be embarrassed, as he had said that the video would show a lot of political figures who are linked to the criminals.The statements had even prompted the ACF chairman Khemraj Ramjattan to recently state that Jagdeo’s continued refusal to release the footage clears the way for other politicians to now say that they have footage of ministers taking bribes but will not release it because the angles of the camera would betray who or where it was taken from.“It is one thing to say you have the tape and when the opportunity presents itself to release it you refuse.”He added that in the event that the video footage did exist, it was pertinent for the footage to be released, so that the public can be aware of the politicians who were allegedly cavorting with criminals.Several persons whose images were purportedly extracted from the footage have been shot and killed by the Joint Services in recent months.Among the men fingered in the released photographs who are now dead are 17-year-old Otis Fiffee, called ‘Mud Up’; Cecil Ramcharran,Nike Air Max 90 Black Women, 42, called Uncle Willie; Rondell Rawlins, and Robin Chung, called ‘Chung Boy’, 16. |
