Old Habits die hard:Another case of deja vu. In response to a Sunday Express story in which a senior government official stated that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, in her capacity as chairman of the National Security Council, had the SIA files at some point, the Office of the Prime Minister issued this statement on Monday evening: "The Office of the Prime Minister wishes to state that it is not, nor has it ever been, in possession of any intercepted communication by the SIA and all allegations otherwise are false, misleading and erroneous. "Regarding the SIA and the recent investigations into this unit, the Office of the Prime Minister wishes to point out that the Commissioner of Police had and continues to have sole and exclusive jurisdiction and control over the SIA and all matters concerning investigations into its recent operations fall exclusively under the ambit and purview of the Commissioner of Police." COMMISSIONER of Police Dwayne Gibbs has refuted that statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister that he (Gibbs), in his capacity as Commissioner, has sole jurisdiction over the Security Intelligence Agency (SIA).
Posted on: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 17:18:41 +0000