A TEAM of officials from Smart City Solutions on Saturday saw it necessary to clamp the wheels of the vehicle belonging to former President Donald Ramotar, after he allegedly violated the new parking laws. At the time, the former President was parked outside Freedom House on Robb Street, Georgetown.

According to a statement posted on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP)’s Facebook page, “The state-owned vehicle in which former President Donald Ramotar and his security detail is transported, was…outfitted with wheel clamps by a team of officials from Smart City Solutions.”
The team was reportedly accompanied by armed City Constabulary ranks who were “aggressive and verbally” abusive to members of the former President’s security guards, the PPP claimed.

It was noted that they proceeded with the act despite being informed that the vehicle is owned by the Ministry of the Presidency and that it transports the former President.
The PPP claimed that there is no parking meter which services that area.
“From all appearances, the act appeared planned and designed to embarrass Mr Ramotar. At the time of the incident, the former President was attending a meeting at the party’s Robb Street head office,” the PPP noted in its statement.

After the incident, video footage was posted on the PPP’s Facebook page, depicting one of Smart City Solutions’ officials taking pictures of the entrance of premises located just opposite the area where the incident took place.