INDECOM implementation too slow – Bunting

The Opposition Spokesman on National Security is raising concern about the transitional period before the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) becomes fully operational.

In Parliament on Tuesday, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said the entity, which will investigate allegations of abuse by agents of the state, such as police killings, is in a transitional state. 

In the long run, it will take over responsibility for probing police killings from the Bureau of Special Investigations and later merge some functions with those of the Police Public Complaints Authority.

However, Peter Bunting, Spokesman on National Security, is worried about the pace of the transition.

He believes there are too many incidents which deserve immediate attention.

"We have to careful that we don't allow this transition period to go too slowly and that INDECOM is under resourced with the necessary investigative skills so that they can go through this process quickly and make their reports in a timely way, so that the public, whether local of international, will have confidence in their independence and competence," Mr., Bunting said on RJR's daily current affairs discussion programme Beyond the Headlines Tuesday evening.