PNC/R needs to explain…

Who provided the Congress Place gunman with an illegal firearm

OLD Kai is watching the Police closely in their investigation of the shooting incident at Congress Place, more so since the alleged gunman has finally been apprehended after trying to flee the jurisdiction.You will notice that after the individual has been arrested, the PNC/R suddenly toned down their rhetoric, where initially they tried to insinuate that he was somehow planted at the Congress by the PPP.
Now, Winston Felix is telling the media that the shooting was somehow justified. We are told that Felix was placed in charge of the PNC/R internal investigation of the incident, after which Granger promised to reveal the findings.
But here we are, even before the investigation has been concluded, Felix is already making preemptive statements. This exposes the fact that the investigation of theirs was a sham, as from the moment the incident occurred, they already had the details. This shooting did not occur in Bagdad or Gaza; it occurred a few feet from where these PNC/R leaders were located right inside Congress Place. If Granger and Felix were competent security experts, the lives of PNC/R members would not have been placed in danger; and secondly, an investigation would have been conducted and presented the next day.
Felix’ efforts at dampening the impact of this incident also indicates that the PNC/R leadership had long settled on the type of outcome they wanted, which is why the public needs to be vigilant against any effort to either withhold information, or try to use the past association of certain individuals with the GPF to influence the investigative team.
Now that the alleged gunman has been captured, the onus will be on Granger to defend his allegation, linking the shooter to the PPP. It does not help Granger’s case that the media have reported that the man identified as Linden Primo is close to him and his office, even though he denied knowing him.
This story takes another strange twist, when one takes into consideration that we are told security at Congress Place was so tight, certain delegates, especially those from Linden, were not allowed into the compound, which initiated the fracas in the first instance, but a man, who Granger tells us he is not aware of and whom he claims is not linked to the PNC/R, can easily walk in with an unlicensed firearm.
Then the troubled General Secretary Oscar Clarke adds his bit in the media by indicating that persons were not allowed into the compound with weapons. Well, if this is the case, then it could only mean that the gunman was provided with his illegal weapon inside of Congress Place, which, though not surprising, is very troubling.
Primo needs to now tell investigators who exactly provided him with the weapon inside Congress Place. If, as the Police have indicated, he is not a licensed firearm holder, and as the General Secretary has confirmed that no one was allowed with weapons in the compound, then surely this investigation should now be expanded, as other persons may very well have to be charged.
It obviously speaks to a conspiracy inside Congress Place, and Party members should take note, as it was their lives which was being put in danger.
Old Kai is also wondering how many other individuals were walking around the PNC/R Congress with illegal weapons, and why was there such a need.

 

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