FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2023
VOLUME 117, No.35
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NO CONFIRMATION
OF CoP’S RESIGNATION
Dr. Gonsalves drove home the point further by reiterating that he could say “emphatically, Colin John has not resigned because it is not within his interest.” While acknowledging that the CoP is eligible to request early retirement, Dr. Gonsalves told the media that he was not going to comment on whether John had requested early retirement. He went on to explain that it is the Police Service Commission which will have to sign off on the request for early retire and he, Dr. Gonslaves, was not aware as of Tuesday that this process had been pursued. As an aside, Dr. Gonsalves affirmed that Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister and national Security Mintser went he has been involved in about dispelling the ‘news’ that the Commissioner of Police had resigned. the appointment of five CoPs since he came to WHETHER OR NOT only heightened on the Commissioner of Police office in 2001. COMMISSIONER OF return to the state of had not resigned. John was appointed in POLICE (CoP) Colin John Prime Minister and And in stating 2016. He was, had indicated he was Minister of National categorically that the immediately prior to that about to demit office and Security, Dr. Ralph CoP had not resigned, as appointment, Deputy had requested early Gonsalves. some people had said Director of Public retirement was, as of Dr. Gonsalves sought and as one newspaper Prosecutions. Thursday, still a matter of to ‘clear the air’ on the here purported, the The reference to his speculation among the issue of John’s Prime Minister involvement in the public at large. resignation after being proceeded to question the appointment of And the speculation pressed into doing so reasonableness of John Commissioners of Police surrounding the news during a press conference resigning by asking, “If preempted his which broke last week he hosted last Tuesday. you are in the Public explanation of the that John expressed in The Prime Minister Service all your life, process involved in the one way or the other an told those gathered that would you resign and appointment of the intention to demit office, he can confirm that the lose your pension?”
nation’s top cop. According to Dr. Gonsalves, the law provides for the Governor General to appoint a Commissioner of Police, upon the advice of the Police Service Commission. In arriving at a recommendation, the Police Service Commission is obligated to consult the Prime Minister and if the Prime
Minister fault with the person the Police Service Commission would want to recommend to the Governor General, that named cannot be advanced. “So, the name which goes to the Governor General has to have the approval of the Prime Minister,” Dr. Gonsalves said. Continued on Page 3.
Colin John, Commissioner of Police, has not made any statement regarding whether he intends to resign or has resigned.