Even as they unan­i­mous­ly agreed on the ap­point­ment of act­ing Snr Supt Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro as Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er yes­ter­day, the Gov­ern­ment and Op­po­si­tion took turns spar­ring over the se­lec­tion process be­hind a leader for the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice.

Gue­var­ro’s nom­i­na­tion was ap­proved dur­ing a sit­ting of the Low­er House, days af­ter his name was sub­mit­ted to the Pres­i­dent by the Po­lice Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (PolSC).

But dur­ing her con­tri­bu­tion to the mo­tion to ap­prove Gue­var­ro’s nom­i­na­tion, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar took jabs at the for­mer PNM gov­ern­ment, as she ac­cused them of be­ing in­ef­fec­tive in se­ri­ous­ly tack­ling crime.