The Alliance For Change reiterates its support for the people of Linden in their calls to the Government of Guyana to address a number of issues which adversely affect their community.
Our party does not view as unreasonable any of the demands being made by the people of Linden through their elected representatives, and urges a speedy conclusion of the stalled negotiations between the Government and those representatives.
We note with concern the tone of the most recent condemnations, by members of the Governing party, of the criminal burning of buildings in the town of Linden, most notably the primary school at One Mile, Wismar. For the many citizens of Guyana whose access to information other than that being broadcast by NCN is fairly limited, there was an impression created that the burning of the school and other buildings was being condoned by the people of Linden and their leaders, both spiritual and political. In this regard the AFC was also singled out and the party wishes to repeat, yet again, that we unreservedly and unequivocally condemn this and all other deliberate destruction of property. We urge NCN to visit the community of Linden to solicit the views of the people of Linden and to broadcast those views to the rest of Guyana.
Quite disturbing was the suggestion by one Minister that leaders who do not condemn those acts of arson thereby lend their tacit support to the perpetrators, and may as well have struck the matches themselves. Did NCN up to the time of that broadcast on Sunday evening seek to obtain comments from anyone other than Government officials on the burning of the One Mile Primary School? The AFC notes yet again the contempt and disrespect shown by NCN not only towards the people of Linden but towards all Guyanese.
On the subject of tacit support, one is forced to wonder whether a similar logic applies to the failure of the Government and its Ministers to condemn outright the brutal and unnecessary murder of the three unarmed protestors on the first day of the planned five day protest.
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