Identifier
Created
Classification
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06GEORGETOWN1148
2006-11-02 19:05:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Georgetown
Cable title:  

MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS OUT OF LOOP ON KERIK ISSUE

Tags:  PGOV GY 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 001148 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2016
TAGS: PGOV GY
SUBJECT: MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS OUT OF LOOP ON KERIK ISSUE


Classified By: DCM MICHAEL THOMAS FOR REASON 1.4(d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L GEORGETOWN 001148

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2016
TAGS: PGOV GY
SUBJECT: MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS OUT OF LOOP ON KERIK ISSUE


Classified By: DCM MICHAEL THOMAS FOR REASON 1.4(d)


1. (C) On November 1, Legal Attach Kevin Currier, Assistant
Legal Attach Marvin Freeman, and DCM paid a friendly and
productive introductory courtesy call on newly appointed
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee. The FBI thanked
Rohee for assistance in several cases, to include the 2005
Thomson murder at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel. The FBI offered
general police assistance to the Minister as well as police
training for the Guyana Police Force (GPF). The FBI advised
that they would provide the Ministry with a list of training
courses available but added that they could gear training for
the specific needs of the country. The FBI advised that the
courses were usually from one to two weeks for about 35
officers, depending on the course. The FBI also offered to
send GPF candidates to the FBI National Academy in Quantico,
Virginia.


2. (C) Rohee advised that he was new to the position and was
still learning about the job. He stated that he considered
training in the area of police corruption and ethics to be of
importance since there is a general perception of corruption
within the population. Rohee provided a few examples of
ethics questions and asked the opinion of the FBI in these
cases. He advised that he was reading several books on
policing and ethics.


3. (C) When asked about the government's plans to hire former
New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to help
implement security sector reforms, Rohee replied that this is
the president's personal initiative and until he sees a press
release to the contrary, he will assume that the policy is
the same. In the context of the conversation it was clear
that rather than emphasizing his solidarity with the
president's intentions, Rohee was admitting that he was out
of the loop on the issue.


4. (C) Comment: During his last administration, Jagdeo earned
a reputation as a micromanager who responds to citizen
complaints by publicly berating the incompetence of
government officials he himself appointed. It does not bode
well for the government's capacity to implement reform that
the new Minister of Home Affairs, six weeks into his job,
freely admits to being out of the loop on his ministry's
highest-profile issue. End Comment.
ROBINSON