Military figures determining key policies – Rohee laments

People’s Progressive Party (PPP)  General Secretary, Clement Rohee yesterday said “military influence is determining key policy issues in the country” with President David Granger and other government officials being ex-soldiers.

According to Rohee, the president’s “right-hand man, (Minister of State) Joseph Harmon and a plethora within the Ministry of the Presidency are ex-soldiers.”

Rohee told a press conference at party headquarters that the perception of the public is that the military has taken on a major role in the APNU+AFC government while the previous government was seen as a civilian government with just a sprinkling of ex-soldiers who were not on policy-making bodies.