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PM to speak on Commissioner's resignation
The Prime Minister, Bruce Golding, is expected to provide more details on the resignation of Police Commissioner, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, when he speaks in Parliament tomorrow.
Minister with responsibility for information, Daryl Vaz, says Mr Golding will also address the public concern regarding the perceived instability of the government.
He says the prime minister, on the advice of the Police Service Commission, could announce the country’s third police commissioner in two years.
Yesterday news came that Admiral Lewin had resigned with immediate effect.
However, no official explanation has been given for his decision.
In recent weeks, the former commissioner has been facing pressure, following reports that he and the government have been at odds over his handling of the country’s crime problem.
The Bruce Golding administration has reportedly been unhappy with the current strategies being implemented by the leadership of the constabulary force.
Only two weeks ago at a press conference, Admiral Lewin flatly rejected what he called rumours about his likely departure from the top job in the Constabulary Force.
Informed sources say Deputy Commissioner, Owen Ellington, who administers the operations portfolio, is the man likely to take over at the helm of the force.
Since the Golding administration took office in 2007, the country has seen the resignations of two police commissioners, the other being Lucius Thomas.
Two national security ministers, Derrick Smith and Colonel Trevor McMillan, have also tendered resignations.
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