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Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes on Friday said a retired officer whose tenure has been extended or on contract could not be appointed substantive police commissioner, even as government maintained that there was no legal humbug to appointing Mr Clifton Hicken as the substantive police commissioner. Mr Hughes, an experienced criminal and civil lawyer, said the ...

by GHK Lall The appointment of a substantive commissioner of police is a done deal, save for the formalities. In normal circumstances, I would be the first to say a word of goodwill to the incumbent in waiting, Mr. Clifton Hicken. Most citizens would agree that there is nothing normal about either the Guyana Police Force or, for that matter, ...

President Irfaan Ali seemed set to appoint Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to the substantive position of police commissioner, effectively discarding concerns by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton about his suitability for the top law enforcement position. Mr Norton told Dr Ali that there should be “continued dialogue on the search for a best-fitted person for the chair of Commissioner of ...