STATEMENT FROM THE WOMEN’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE (WAC) OF THE GUYANA PUBLIC SERVICE UNION (GPSU)

The Women’s Advisory Committee (WAC) of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) issues this statement with deep outrage and profound concern regarding the grave allegations of rape, systemic harassment, and gun-related threats leveled against Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU), Fizal Karimbaksh, by a female Police Inspector.

The details emerging from the formal police report—alleging multiple instances of forced sexual relations, explicit threats to life involving a firearm, and abuse of power occurring directly within the Guyana Police Force Headquarters is tragic and sad at the same time because those entrusted to protect are now called into question.

The allegations as described have to be traumatic to the female rank and to her family. All are equal before the law and the snail crawl in delivery justice for this young woman appears to be a strategic display of disregard for her cries for impartiality. It speaks of an egregious violation of human rights, workplace safety, and the institutional integrity of our nation’s law enforcement apparatus.