| The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is calling for data to be provided to the public, showing the impact that the 2:00am curfew and the pardon of young offenders has had on road accidents and crime.PPP General Secretary, Clement RoheeThis was communicated, yesterday, by General Secretary of the PPP, Clement Rohee, at the party’s weekly press conference. In addition,NFL Jerseys From China, Rohee also questioned whether the presidential pardons have benefitted the country.The curfew,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, obliging all liquor selling establishments to close their doors at 2:00am, was announced as a policy decision by Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan in July of 2015. In justifying this decision,Cheap NFL Jerseys, the Minister had cited the increase in crime and road accidents.However, Rohee expressed concern at the fact that since the 2:00am curfew was imposed, evidence has not been produced by Government to justify the measure.“We need to examine whether the (2:00AM curfew) has made an impact on road accidents. We don’t know whether that is so or not.”It had been revealed last year that there was an ongoing study to ascertain the impact the 2:00am curfew has had on the country. This study was purportedly being conducted by the Ministry of Tourism. Rohee lamented that there has been no feedback on the study from the Minister of Tourism, Cathy Hughes,Wholesale World Cup Jerseys, since.According to Rohee,NFL Jerseys Supply, there is no tangible evidence that supports that the curfew has had an effect. The former Minister of Home Affairs also questioned the May 26, 2015 release of 60 inmates from the Camp Street prison. While Granger had stated that his decision was driven by the young age of the prisoners.“Young people don’t have a right to be jailed; they have a right to be schooled,” Granger had said afterwards. “So I will keep on doing it (issuing pardons) and my critics will keep on complaining. But I want to see young people graduating from university, from secondary schools. Not going into Mazaruni and Camp Street.”However,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, the PPP has been lamenting the apparent lack of follow-up information being provided by officials about the former detainees. The party has always expressed concern about whether the detainees were successfully reintegrated into the public or may have committed further crimes.“We also need to look for the evidence to justify the release of prisoners, twenty years and below, from the Guyana Prison by President David Granger,” Rohee stressed yesterday. “What impact does that have?”Since the May 26 pardons, there have been more such measures. In December of 2015, the President pardoned 11 mothers from prison. He has already indicated that further pardons are to be expected for 2016. |
