PNCR1G AGENTS DISTURBING ELECTIONS CALM AND PEACE

 

The People’s National Congress/Reform-One Guyana (PNCR1G) and its agents are again employing threats and intimidatory tactics as part of its elections campaigning.

The latest in a string of examples was when PNCR1G security official Oliver Hinckson, who on a recent television interview, issued a threat to PPP/C Elections Campaign Spokesperson Robert Persaud saying ‘’…..I don’t know why Robert Persaud is panicking…The soldiers have no intention of doing Robert Persaud anything …The people will do him not me.‘’

Hinckson is currently a lead member of the PNCR1G special elections security team established by the recently held Congress of that party. He is also on bail on charges related to the investigations into the missing army AK-47s.

Mr. Persaud has since written to the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Greene (Ag) bringing to his attention this incident and requesting the appropriate action be taken. Copies of the letter were sent to the Leader of the Opposition and signatories to the elections support Memorandum of Understanding.

Other examples of this type of behaviour are: the racist abuse hurled against an Indo-Guyanese journalist working for the Kaieteur News covering the PNCR rally in Linden and the physical attacks on NCN media personnel who were also covering the same event.

Last evening (August 7), a canter truck containing a PNCRIG public address system passed the Freedom House, Headquarters with over 20 PNCR1G supporters playing loudly the party jingles and threw fliers at persons standing outside of the Party headquarters, Freedom House, Robb Street. This was clearly another act of provocation.

We strongly condemn the politics of threats and intimidation against members of the media and our leaders and activists.

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) believes the opposition’s latest acts of threats and provocations are deliberate attempts to challenge people’s rights to freedom, to renew fears in the society and to disturb a peaceful elections environment.

The PNCR1G should cease its confrontational, divisive and backward politics immediately, and respect the Guyanese people desire for peaceful and civil conduct during the elections campaign.

We call on the security forces, the Independent Media Panel, International Observers and International Donor Missions to pay serious attention to these unsavoury developments.

August 8, 2006

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