Joint Services Heads infer intent for `country-wide breakdown in law and order’

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Joint Services Heads infer intent for `country-wide breakdown in law and order’ - Stabroek News

The Chairman of the Joint Services Coordinating Council, GDF Chief of Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess has warned that it can be inferred that there is an intent among unnamed social commentators for a “country-wide breakdown in law and order”.

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