Presidential Advisor on National Security, Brigadier (ret’d) Edward Collins says his activities have not encroached upon the mandate of the Minister of Public Security and that he has received full support from the minister.
In a statement via GINA on Monday, Collins was responding to criticism in the Sunday Stabroek editorial of July 26 of one of his visits to Berbice.
The editorial stated ”Just what, one wonders, was Presidential Advisor Edward Collins doing visiting Berbice and then pronouncing ministerial style on the security situation there, and the fact that the government would be reviving the Community Policing Groups (CPGs)? This, it might be noted, is after Minister Ramjattan had redirected new vehicles which the previous government had earmarked for the CPGs, to the Police Force.
“Just what was Brigadier (rtd) Collins trying to do? Undermine the authority of the