Opposition Parliamentarian Geeta Chandan-Edmond
Meanwhile, opposition Parliamentarian Geeta Chandan-Edmond, who spoke before Minister Benn, recommended that public security must be reimagined in the oil and gas producing nation.
Chandan-Edmond noted that the country’s security apparatus must also be modernised to be prepared for any possibility.
She also called for the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee involving various agencies such as finance, social protection and agriculture to deal specifically with public security.
To this end, Minister Benn responded that there is already a national security council set up to deal with this.
A total of $47.9 billion has been allocated for the Home Affairs Ministry and will see improved training of police officers, expanding of video surveillance monitoring in Georgetown, boosting the capacity of the Guyana Fire Service and the reconstruction of the Brickdam Police Station.
