{"id":73894,"date":"2019-10-20T21:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=73894"},"modified":"2019-10-20T21:55:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:55:26","slug":"police-commissioner-wendell-robinson-should-negotiate-pm-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-commissioner-wendell-robinson-should-negotiate-pm-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson Should Negotiate PM Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson to
\nnegotiate his future with the Police Service Commission.<\/p>

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The PSC is making moves to remove Robinson who has been on paid suspension for the last
\ntwo years and counting \u201cin the public interest.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Browne says Robinson cannot remain on suspension forever and the police force cannot
\nremain without a consistency at the top.<\/p>

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The prime minister told Pointe FM over the weekend that he thinks the best solution is for
\nRobinson to agree to a negotiated settlement.<\/p>

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\u201cI believe the matter could be better resolved if he agreed to be transferred into a different
\nposition which will be equivalent or close to equivalent to being commissioner in terms of
\nstatus and pay,\u201d the prime minister suggested.<\/p>\n

He also said \u201cit\u2019s not fair to the individual who has been acting for about two years now.\u201d<\/p>

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Robinson has taken the PSC to court over his suspension for not adhering to a court ruling
\nwhich called for his immediate reinstatement as commissioner. Instead of reinstating him the
\nPSC suspended him again.<\/p>\n

Browne is on the opinion that if this matter is going to be mired in \u201cthen clearly there has to be some level of negotiation with the commissioner to resolve this issue.\u201d<\/p>

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He said a negotiation is needed because the commissioner\u2019s relationship with the Minister for
\nNational Security has been sullied.<\/p>

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\u201cAnd that if the impasse remains and he is going to tie up the commission in court and to prevent the type of continuity that is required within the police force, then perhaps he would have to retire in the public interest,\u201d Browne stated.<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cwe cannot have this impasse continue indefinitely and to keeo our police force in a state of flux.\u201d<\/p>\n

The prime minister said that even if Robinson was again vindicated by the courts, he cannot see him resuming duties as commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I don\u2019t know that, based on what would have happened in the last couple years, even if he is vindicated, I do not know that he could go back in the position of commissioner.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause clearly, you going to have issues of impacting on moral and so on in the police force and again he\u2019s had acrimonious relationships with the minister and others,\u201d Browne said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I am saying this as his friend because I don\u2019t have no issue with him,\u201d the prime minister
\nadded.<\/p>\n

The PSC purported to charge Robinson after male officers and a civil accused him of sexual
\nharassment. Robinson dismissed the charges saying that they cannot be brought against him
\nbecause of his rank and other reasons.<\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson to negotiate his future with the Police Service Commission. The PSC is making moves to remove Robinson who has been on paid suspension for the last two years and counting \u201cin the public interest.\u201d But Browne says Robinson cannot remain on suspension forever and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice Commissioner Wendell Robinson Should Negotiate PM Says - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/police-commissioner-wendell-robinson-should-negotiate-pm-says\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson Should Negotiate PM Says\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Gaston Browne has called on Police Commissioner Wendell Robinson to negotiate his future with the Police Service Commission. 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