The probe into an alleged plot to assassinate President David Granger is still continuing, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said on Friday.
Harmon told a post-Cabinet press briefing at the Ministry of the Presidency that while the police investigation continues, “there are other subsidiary investigations that are taking place and others will be taken. It is still a live investigation….”
His comment came a day after Stabroek News reported that the investigation had come to a standstill.
A reliable source had told Stabroek News that despite several efforts, the police were unable to hold a planned confrontation owing to the reluctance of a witness to come forward.
A previous confrontation was held with the complainant, who, initially, was also hesitant to cooperate, the source added.
In April, Harmon had told a post-Cabinet press briefing that there had been a report of a plot by a group of men to assassinate the president during one of his outreaches.
The police had held a confrontation between the man who made the report of the plot and another who he said could verify his story. A well-placed source had disclosed that the purported witness told the police that the complainant approached him after making a report to the police of the alleged plot to assassinate the president, and asked him if he could support his story by going to the police and giving a statement saying that he was present when a businessman offered the complainant money to assassinate the President. Further, the purported witness stated that the complainant offered him money in exchange for him supporting the complainant’s report.
