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Thursday, 08 December 2011 |
Dear Editor,
There is urgent need at this point in time for a new Parliamentary Convention to depoliticise the Presidency. Under such a Convention, which could be established by the agreement of all Parliamentary Parties, at the moment of swearing-in a President forswears identification with any political party. He becomes the good shepherd of the whole nation, tending to all his flock with equal care. He looks among his flock and chooses a handful of the best to assist him with his arduous responsibilities. According to the media, President Ramotar upon taking his oath did say he will be president for the whole nation and he also decried the presence of pettiness among the parties in parliament.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 |
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 Dear Editor,
Guyanese are caught in an inescapable interconnectedness by virtue of birth and/or the land we mutually occupy. Therefore, whatever affects one, affects all. Many held great expectations that November 28th would have seen the dawn of a new era, having lived with a government that flagrantly violated the laws, trampled their rights, was openly abusive and plundered the nation’s resources; and they sought to bring an end to this depravity through the ballot. That to date some have not accepted the results in light of their quest for authentication of the Statements of Poll to ensure the results are a true representation of the will of the people, is not a matter to be treated with contempt or disregard.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 |
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(KN) Matters pertaining to the appointment of Speaker of the National Assembly, corruption, good governance, radio licenses and other issues are to be discussed soon between the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) who share the majority of seats collectively in Parliament, according to Chairman of the AFC Khemraj Ramjattan. Ramjattan added that the party met with President Donald Ramotar and PPP/C representatives on Tuesday evening at the invitation of Dr. Roger Luncheon. He said the AFC team that visited the President included Executive members David Patterson, Dominick Gaskin and Gerhard Ramsaroop. Ramjattan said the discussions were cordial and issues that included GECOM and the reactions by police towards protesters were also discussed.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 |
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“Our actions are usually in the interest of the maintenance of law and order and in support of the safety, security and well-being of all Guyanese.”
APNU’s Dr. David Hinds in deep conversation with the police at the Square of the Revolution on Tuesday morning.
(KN) The Guyana Police Force has expressed some remorse for the injuries sustained by several persons as a result of its ranks opening fire during a public demonstration on Tuesday. In a statement issued yesterday, the police said that it was most unfortunate that persons were shot, though not seriously injured. The Force also acknowledged that children were discomfited and inconvenienced in schools in the areas of the police operation to disperse supporters of A Partnership for National Unity, who were proceeding along Hadfield Street. While some persons and organizations have condemned the police actions, the Force stated that its intention is always to maintain law and order. “Our actions are usually in the interest of the maintenance of law and order and in support of the safety, security and well-being of all Guyanese,” the police said in its statement.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011 |
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 (KN) Attorney-at-law James Bond, who is also the Youth Leader for A Partnership for National Unity, and former Army Chief of Staff, Edward Collins, have vowed that they will not be deterred by Tuesday’s shooting which left both men injured. Yesterday, Collins said that the manner in which he and colleagues were shot at, was inhumane and wrong. Collins, being a military with exemplary training, said that the protest was a peaceful one and at no point did the crowd threaten lives, limbs or property. He added that even in cases where a crowd appeared to present a threat there were a number of things that could be done before a police or a solider resort to firing shots.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 |
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(KN) Lindeners will be pressing their demands for access to more electronic media, as they appeal for an end to the monopoly held by the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN). The Lindeners who are expected to join up with their counterparts in protests, say the time has come for an end to their bombardment with only biased programmes produced by the state-owned media entity. Gerald Whittington, who was among a group from the bauxite mining town, who were intercepted on their way to the city yesterday by police at Providence, East Bank Demerara, said that Lindeners must be given choices when it comes to information through the media. “If seventy-five percent of the people voted for APNU in Linden, that means we must have choices to see any other TV station, it is not fair to the people of Linden,” Whittington said.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 |
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By Jenelle Carter
- Former army chief among victims
(KN) Some eleven persons were shot and injured with rubber bullets by ranks of the Guyana Police Force yesterday morning during a peaceful march between Winter Place and Louisa Row. Among those injured are 75 year-old Sarah Johnson, Joan Baveghems who is a former People’s National Congress Reform Parliamentarian, former Army Chief Brigadier Edward Collins, APNU’s Youth Leader James Bond, Brentnol Holder, Neil Mattis and his 10 year-old son Johnny Mattis, Lurlene Nestor and Laurine Mingo. These persons were all treated for pellet shots about their bodies at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and sent away. According to reports, they were among a group which had earlier assembled at the Square of the Revolution.
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 |
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Red Thread activists outside the Home Affairs Ministry (DW) The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Wednesday afternoon picketed near the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), saying it has not received Statements of Poll publicly promised by the elections management body. And across at Brickdam outside the Ministry of Home Affairs, the women’s organisation, Red Thread, picketed there to registered its condemnation of the police firing rubber bullets and teargas to break up what authorities had deemed an illegal march by at an estimated 500 APNU protesters on Tuesday. Several students of St. Sidwell’s Primary School at Hadfield Street and Vlissengen Road were affected by the gas and a number of female protesters were among those injured by the bullets. Red Thread's Karen De Souza told demwaves.com that the protest was their response to the police action which they found "totally out of order."
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M.Benschop
