Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith says the Po­lice Ser­vice has no in­tel­li­gence on any sit­ting mem­ber of Gov­ern­ment be­ing a per­son of in­ter­est in the on­go­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the Drug Sou Sou com­pa­ny.

This morn­ing dur­ing a sit­ting of the Sen­ate, Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Wade Mark said he re­ceived in­for­ma­tion that three PNM politi­cians ap­proached mem­bers of the DSS and gave them mon­ey to buy votes from the pub­lic in the lead­up to Gen­er­al Elec­tion 2020. He even ques­tioned if the DSS is a slush fund es­tab­lished by the PNM to bribe the pub­lic be­fore they went to the polls.

Guardian Me­dia con­tact­ed Com­mis­sion­er Grif­fith who is on va­ca­tion in Ire­land but he did say that he is briefed dai­ly on the in­ves­ti­ga­tion. And he said up to the time of his de­par­ture, “we have no in­tel­li­gence of any sit­ting Gov­ern­ment MP in­volved in this in­ves­ti­ga­tion.”

Gua­di­an Me­dia asked if any for­mer MP or even cur­rent Op­po­si­tion MP is a per­son of in­ter­est but to that ques­tion, he de­clined to com­ment.
Mean­while, PNM Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Fos­ter Cum­mings is call­ing the al­le­ga­tion a red her­ring and a dis­trac­tion from the UNC to take at­ten­tion away from their fail­ure at the polls. Cum­mings said if Sen­a­tor Mark has such in­for­ma­tion then he should take it to the po­lice.

Re­porter: Akash Sama­roo